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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1982
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Tourcoing · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of SUPERMARKT DEVOS · Other non-specialised retail sale · Ardooie · since 1986
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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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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2009
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Houthulst · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of MAISON DEVOS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Tournai · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Poperinge · since 2007
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2007
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Site preparation · since 2024
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Support activities for crop production · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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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
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Specialist medical practice · since 2013
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ninove · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2001
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Other construction installation · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2006
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Vrij gesubsidieerd hoger onderwijs · since 2025
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Vormen en bewerken van vlakglas · Poperinge · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 1995
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Physiotherapy · Bredene · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1977
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since 2006
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Other education · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2018
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Other education · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Other education · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ternat · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Bekkevoort · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1993
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1997
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Mixed farming · since 2002
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Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 1993