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.
“Dries Fransen”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Rijkevorsel · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wijnegem · since 1975
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Site preparation · Brecht · since 2016
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Dental practice · Heusden-Zolder · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herentals · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2002
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dessel · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Pepingen · since 2023
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Raising of dairy cattle · Ravels · since 2006
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ALGEMENE ONDERNEMING DRIESEN · General construction of residential buildings · Pelt · since 1976
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General electrical installation work · Pelt · since 1986
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Retail sale of bicycles · Lille · since 1987
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Funeral services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1988
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Wholesale of other food products · Herentals · since 1988
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 1997
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Risk and damage evaluation · Haaltert · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Hamont-Achel · since 2020
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Tilburg · since 1975
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2018
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Other education · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Leuven · since 1989
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Mixed farming · since 2015
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General medical practice · Peer · since 2004
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Specialist medical practice · Kasterlee · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · Amel · since 2020
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Mixed farming · Riemst · since 2008
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · Mechelen · since 2013