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.
“Devos, David”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2008
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Insulation installation · since 1997
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2006
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Support activities for crop production · since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Tourcoing · since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 1989
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Liège · since 1994
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Kortrijk · since 1997
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2009
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wellen · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Poperinge · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2007
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ORTHOVOS · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Leuven · since 2005
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since 2010
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since 2011
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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since 2006
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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since 2009
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since 2008
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
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since 1992
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Uitgeven van kranten · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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since 1965
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since 1996
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 2000
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since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2012
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since 2016
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since 2006
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since 2008
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since 2025
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General medical practice · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merchtem · since 1965
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Alveringem · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1984
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Mixed farming · since 2001
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Manufacture of beer · since 1995
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Joinery installation · since 1983
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Anzegem · since 2004