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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 2021
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Jette · since 2002
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Real estate agency activities · Faimes · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2013
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Lokeren · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2007
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LASER APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Mouscron · since 1989
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Machining of metals · Genk · since 2019
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Combined facilities support activities · Lokeren · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2012
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since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · Froidchapelle · since 2025
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since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Elaboration de Système · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sprimont · since 1990
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kuurne · since 2022
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Insulation installation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Elsene · since 2025
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since 2025