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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Abbreviation of DE GRANDE CARS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brugge · since 1968
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Wholesale of other household goods · Zedelgem · since 1983
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Sports and recreation education · Mouscron · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 1998
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Ledegem · since 2013
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1990
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Deerlijk · since 2020
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since 2023
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Demolition · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · Rumst · since 1984
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Other business support services · since 1994
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Event catering · since 2016
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since 1981
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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since 2026
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since 1987
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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since 1997
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Production of cinema films · since 2023
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since 1996
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since 1998
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since 2003
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Manufacture of beer · since 2003
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Mixed farming · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Froidchapelle · since 2025
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since 2026
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since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2010
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Other education · since 2019
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2007
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Support activities for animal production · since 2008
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2025
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Vocational training · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2017
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since 2022