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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of VERN-BONT · Retail sale of other household articles · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of D.P.S. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lokeren · since 1992
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tienen · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 1981
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of DOMINIQUE ANDRIES · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Kapellen · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Deinze · since 2006
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2003
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1976
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since 1993
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2008
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since 1987
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since 2026
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Other education · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2026
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since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1995
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 1986
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Literary creation · since 2020
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since 1997
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since 1982
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1988
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since 1986
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since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1990
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since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2014
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since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Plumbing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1995
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1996
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 1990
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since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Activiteiten van uitsnijderijen · since 2026
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Psychology services · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2011
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Deinze · since 2007
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General medical practice · since 2008