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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 1995
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Roofing work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Riemst · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2016
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2013
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2015
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · since 2023
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since 2012
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since 2015
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since 1998
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Translation services · since 2005
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since 2012
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since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Vocational training · since 2010
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since 2009
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since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Medisch Pedagogisch Centrum Sint-Franciscus · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Roosdaal · since 1976
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Abbreviation of VZW DE TOUTER, CENTRUM VOOR INTEGRALE BEGELEIDING VAN GEZINNEN, JONGVOLWASSENEN, JONGEREN EN KINDEREN · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Lokeren · since 1983
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Liedekerke · since 1987
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Bornem · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Grote Plaats · Buying and selling of own real estate · Lebbeke · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Literary creation · since 2024