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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Vocational training · since 2011
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since 2014
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since 1987
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Roofing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2006
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Zele · since 1981
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Retail sale of bicycles · Zemst · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of DIERICKX-TOOLS · Machining of metals · Rotselaar · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Dierickx & Van Criekinge · Buying and selling of own real estate · Rotselaar · since 2017
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Other business support services · Evergem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Fokken en houden van kamelen en andere kameelachtigen · since 2025
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since 1974
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1987
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since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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since 2022
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since 2009
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Veterinary services · since 1996
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Activities of lawyers · since 1995
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since 1992
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geel · since 2003
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since 1993
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Other construction installation · since 2014
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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since 1999
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Other education · since 2025
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since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1975
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1996
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Support activities for animal production · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2021
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since 1997
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Physiotherapy · since 1987
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2010
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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since 2007
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2015
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since 1985
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2022
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since 1994
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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since 1983
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Event catering · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 1988
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since 2004
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since 2010
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Other construction installation · since 2019
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since 2022
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since 1986
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Wetteren · since 1979
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Brasschaat · since 1992