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.
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
43 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Niergnies · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2013
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since 1972
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since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1993
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2025
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since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van onderkleding · since 2005
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Machining of metals · since 2008
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Other education · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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since 2013
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since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Specialist medical practice · since 2021
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General medical practice · De Haan · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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since 1987
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2008
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · since 2005
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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since 2006
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Steenokkerzeel · since 2026
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since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eeklo · since 2009
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ath · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2019
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since 1986
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Essen · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2015