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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Zemst · since 1989
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2010
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Bornem · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · Frameries · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Schilde · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1968
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Overijse · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Gesves · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2010
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since 1974
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Haacht · since 2024
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · since 2001
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tienen · since 2019
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Overige accommodatie · since 2026
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Visual arts creation · Zaventem · since 2023
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Mixed farming · Diksmuide · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2023
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since 2009
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Other education · since 2012
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since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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since 2007
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Other education · since 2020
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Kalmthout · since 1989
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Vilvoorde · since 1969