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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Hannut · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2015
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2016
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2020
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · since 1992
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Psychology services · since 2017
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since 2002
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2019
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Travel agency activities · since 2026
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since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2005
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1999
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · since 1996
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since 2009
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Waremme · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Clavier · since 2014
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Putte · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Degroote industrial machines and engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wervik · since 2026
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Asse · since 1990
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Wemmel · since 1995
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Machining of metals · Verviers · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2004