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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Dendermonde · since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1975
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Roofing work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1984
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Support activities for crop production · Jodoigne · since 1985
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wommelgem · since 1987
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Nieuwpoort · since 1988
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Wholesale of other household goods · Merksplas · since 1992
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General cleaning of buildings · Liedekerke · since 1992
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Zottegem · since 2001
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Painting of buildings · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Lint · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Affligem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of DE BACKER PROJECTS · Landscape service activities · Deinze · since 2025
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Berlare · since 1990
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since 1990
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since 1984
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2023
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since 1982
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Joinery installation · Zandhoven · since 1985
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Roofing work · Ichtegem · since 1997
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Bierbeek · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · since 1983
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since 2019
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Retail sale of footwear · Lievegem · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Damme · since 1989
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Painting of buildings · since 1993
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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since 2016
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since 1999
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since 1989
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Tyre services · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1994
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1978
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Oosterzele · since 2021
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since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2008
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since 1985
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Physiotherapy · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1992
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1989
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Liedekerke · since 2015
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since 1980
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 1995
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Dental practice · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2012
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brugge · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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since 1995