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.
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wetteren · since 1966
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lokeren · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Paul DE WITTE · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brussel · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Schoten · since 1986
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Boechout · since 1992
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Construction of roads and motorways · Maldegem · since 1992
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Gent · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1996
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Boortmeerbeek · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of DE MAUVE · Cafés and bars · Hemiksem · since 2013
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1991
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1999
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Overige accommodatie · since 2026
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Visual arts creation · Zaventem · since 2023
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Kalmthout · since 1989
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Poperinge · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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Other construction installation · since 1996
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1986
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1986
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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since 1997
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lubbeek · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2012
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · since 2001
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Mixed farming · Diksmuide · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Olen · since 1990
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since 1998
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Tourist information services · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Forging of metal · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Witte raaf · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Stekene · since 2025