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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · Lummen · since 2026
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2024
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Event catering · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MTM · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of antiques · Lasne · since 1988
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Merchtem · since 2014
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Damme · since 1992
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2013
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kuurne · since 2016
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Mechelen · since 2018
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2005
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Abbreviation of DESCAMPS-LEBBE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2022
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Gent · since 2022
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Ravels · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 1998
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · Kalmthout · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 1990
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Other personal services · Dessel · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Haaltert · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Harelbeke · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Meise · since 2021
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2019
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Schoten · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Lubbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of FERM KINDEROPVANG · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Leuven · since 1976
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Abbreviation of 't Soetekint - de Levensboom · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Kortrijk · since 1980
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Nursing and midwifery · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
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Other education · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
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Psychology services · Laakdal · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Damme · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of DE SLAPER · Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2004
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Waterloo · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1960
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Asse · since 2011
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Wommelgem · since 2001
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Walcourt · since 1987