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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Laakdal · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Malmedy · since 1974
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Olen · since 1980
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Roofing work · Tremelo · since 1990
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Other printing · Balen · since 1992
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Brugge · since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Laarne · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of VERDONCK VEURNE BISCUITERIE · Vervaardiging van cement · Jabbeke · since 1997
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Abbreviation of A. VERDONCK · General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1988
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Translation services · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of VERDONCK DESSERTS · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Veurne · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Deinze · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Herenthout · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Deinze · since 1976
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General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Tielt · since 1982
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Hooglede · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Bornem · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · Izegem · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Damme · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 1970