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.
“Dehoef, Tim”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Ukkel · since 2010
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of EMEIS VLAANDEREN · Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of PAUL TRADERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Lanaken · since 1971
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1990
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Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 2000
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2026
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Kippenkwekerijen · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2019