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.
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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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Gent · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 1997
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2015
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2009
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since 2006
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since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DOCTERS' BANDEN · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Oud-Turnhout · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Buggenhout · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Braine-le-Château · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Oud-Heverlee · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2016
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Plumbing work · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Morlanwelz · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Raising of other animals · since 2020
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Zedelgem · since 1994
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since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2022