Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“De Withoef”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Lommel · since 1990
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Raising of horses and other equines · Mechelen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Lier · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Vranken · Plumbing work · Aarschot · since 1975
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Support activities for crop production · Pelt · since 1984
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 1987
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Retail sale of antiques · Oostende · since 1992
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Overijse · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Computer programming · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Other building finishing work · Menen · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Deerlijk · since 2021
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since 2023
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Bornem · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Office administrative and support services · Frameries · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1974
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Specialist medical practice · since 1974
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since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Genk · since 1992
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Laarne · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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Zemst · since 1989
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2010