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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of DAS ESTATE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GERALI · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kippenkwekerijen · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2001
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since 2018
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2012
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Mixed farming · since 2008
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Dental practice · Esneux · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2022
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since 1995
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1956
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1998
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2018
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General medical practice · since 2018
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since 2012
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1995
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Uitgeven van computerspellen · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 2001
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1995
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Mixed farming · since 1996
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2022
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since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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since 2019
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · since 2018
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since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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since 1971
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Translation services · since 2017
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since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2019
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since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Plastering work · since 2009