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.
“Drees, 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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Liège · since 1989
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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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since 1977
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2020
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2009
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wellen · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Grobbendonk · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2018
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since 1997
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Logging · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Veterinary services · since 1994
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since 1996
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Mixed farming · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1998
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Activities of lawyers · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · since 2010
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2011
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025