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 Noteboom”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Waregem · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · Brugge · since 1989
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Raising of sheep and goats
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Name of an establishment of DRIES-HULSMANS · Funeral services · Balen · since 1996
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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 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026