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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van houten emballage · Lommel · since 1993
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ukkel · since 2012
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Plumbing work · Sambreville · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Manage · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Abbreviation of European Commercial Organisation · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sambreville · since 1963
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Name of an establishment of EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION ORGANISATION · Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ECO FACILITY SERVICES · Ranst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS · Leuven · since 1990
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2012
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Abbreviation of European Consensus Platform on Alternatives · Vosselaar · since 2004
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Manhay · since 1999
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1990
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Landscape service activities · Gent · since 1983
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van verf, vernis ed, drukinkt en mastiek · Binche · since 2013
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Ninove · since 2020
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Ukkel · since 2026