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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Retail sale of bicycles · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Ichtegem · since 1985
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herentals · since 2019
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 2019
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Materials recovery from waste · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2006
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Lanaken · since 2023
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Retail sale of bicycles · Haaltert · since 2026
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Materials recovery from waste · Ronse · since 2021
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Materials recovery from waste · Lochristi · since 2011
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2012
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Materials recovery from waste · Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Genk · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Pepinster · since 2017
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Keerbergen · since 2022
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Hasselt · since 2010
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Trade name of DEJONGHE · General electrical installation work · Harelbeke · since 2010
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2018
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Retail sale of bicycles · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 2018
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Ieper · since 1997
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since 2019