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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Defraire, Pascal”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1985
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other business support services · since 2001
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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    Other specialised design activities · since 1984
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    Vocational training · since 2014
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    General electrical installation work · since 1994
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    Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2017
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    Other cleaning activities · since 2023
  • Other specialised construction activities · Habay · since 2004
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    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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    since 1967
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    Operation of fairground attractions · since 1993
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    Other construction installation · since 2006
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    Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1996
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    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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    General construction of residential buildings · since 1996
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    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2008
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    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2016
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    Logging · since 1988
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    Contract catering and other food service activities · since 1995
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    Wholesale of timber · since 2002
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    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1990
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    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
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    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
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    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2000
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    since 2005
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    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013
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    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2014
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    Demolition · since 2010
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    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1992
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    Mixed farming · since 1984
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    Landscape service activities · since 1997
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    Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · since 1988
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    since 1990
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    Literary creation · since 2023
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    since 2009
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    Specialist medical practice · since 1991
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    Mixed farming · since 1989
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    Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2008
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    Activities of building architects · since 2008
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2017

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