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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2013
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 1990
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wevelgem · since 1985
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Painting of buildings · Koekelare · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ardooie · since 2010
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Blankenberge · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Raadgevend Ingenieur de Munck Pascal, in vereffening · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2001
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1982
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Insulation installation · Vorselaar · since 1990
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since 1975
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1984
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1986
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since 1997
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Roofing work · since 1988
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 1996
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 1997
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since 2022
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Roofing work · Lievegem · since 2023
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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Other legal services · since 2010
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2017
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1991
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Roofing work · Zottegem · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2000
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since 1993
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1996
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 1999
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since 2005
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1986
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Support activities for crop production · since 2018
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since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2023
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Other education · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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since 2007
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Visual arts creation · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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since 1971
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 1986
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Land surveying · since 2000