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.
“Doc - master”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General medical practice · Lubbeek · since 2018
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Roofing work · since 2023
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General medical practice · Nivelles · since 2017
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General medical practice · Tournai · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Logging · Putte · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Astérides · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of l'Aster · General medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2016
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Kalmthout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Access to Sustainability for Tenants through Energy Effective Retrofit · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Gedinne · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2021