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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1997
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Mixed farming · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Internationale Handelmaatschappij Demeter NV · Rotterdam · since 1974
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Brussel · since 1993
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 1998
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Gent · since 1998
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2018
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Turnhout · since 2015
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Veterinary services · Ronse · since 2011
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 2003
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Anhée · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2024
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Meise · since 1984
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1977
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Zedelgem · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lendelede · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · Aalter · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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since 1998
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Activities of lawyers · Gembloux · since 2017
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Computer programming · Eupen · since 1998
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Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2024
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since 1972
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since 2022
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since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Geraardsbergen · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Jabbeke · since 2008
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Removal services · since 2025
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Trade name of DE MET BALEN · Full-service restaurants · Balen · since 2016
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Tielt-Winge · since 2018
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aalst · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kasterlee · since 2026
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Other legal services · since 1998