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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Aarschot · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · since 2014
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De Haan · since 1987
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Gent · since 1990
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Beloeil · since 1994
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Abbreviation of DECA PACKAGING GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2013
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since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Economische ontwikkeling Anderlecht · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Walhain · since 2004
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Genappe · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Hasselt · since 1974
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Abbreviation of De Clercq · Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 1976
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Site preparation · Zuienkerke · since 1982
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Kluisbergen · since 1983
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Wielsbeke · since 1995
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Joinery installation · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE DEVA TE TONGEREN, LUIKERSTEENWEG 125 · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002
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Manufacture of jewellery · Bredene · since 2002
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Bemiddeling in verband met verhuur en leasing van auto’s, campers en aanhangwagens · Affligem · since 2003
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1994
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Other retail sale of new goods · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halen · since 2017
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Zandhoven · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 1991
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2021
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Kaprijke · since 1978
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Activities of head offices · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1992
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Poperinge · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 1996
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Support activities for crop production · Péruwelz · since 1999
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Saint-Ghislain · since 2003
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Abbreviation of DECOTIGNIES ADVICE · Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Hove · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1992
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Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Vocational training · Schoten · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Mortsel · since 2011
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Gent · since 2026
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Kortrijk · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 2003