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.
“EIRE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Pajottegem · since 2012
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Pet training · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Plastering work · Aarschot · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Eglise Internationale pour la Réconciliation · Namur · since 2005
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Abbreviation of European Institute for Rare Earth Elements · Boutersem · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Other construction installation · Eeklo · since 1989
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Landscape service activities · Gavere · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Erpe-Mere · since 1976
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Izegem · since 1981
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Site preparation · Diksmuide · since 1992
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Jette · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Herzele · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wetteren · since 2007
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Wholesale of other household goods · De Haan · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Société de Financement et de Recouvrement · Brussel · since 1966