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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Torhout · since 2024
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Literary creation · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Havelange · since 2011
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Denderend Educatief Concept Extra Muros · Erpe-Mere · since 2020
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Other business support services · Ninove · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2004
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since 2023
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Zottegem · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Moorslede · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of JERANTIS · General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · Oostkamp · since 2018
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General medical practice · Hove · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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since 1974
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Abbreviation of Devriendt Energy, Consulting & Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Denier de l'Enseignement Communal d'Engis · Engis · since 2008
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Brussel · since 1987
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Wholesale of other food products · Nijlen · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Schoten · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Haaltert · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1964