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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Europese Landen Konferentie · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Elektro Masters · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Eric Lammée Kommunikatie en Advertising · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Anderlecht · since 1981
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Lede · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ELVO · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Nijlen · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Malmedy · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Maaseik · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Malmar Handel · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2023
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lier · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zoersel · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Hasselt · since 1991
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
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Activities of lawyers · Wevelgem · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2017
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Hasselt · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Mons · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Diest · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ESTEE LAUDER · Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Westerlo · since 1965
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ERIC LOWIE · Photography, excluding press photography · Brussel · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kampenhout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of EuroLatino · Liège · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Ethical Life · Oostende · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · Ranst · since 2018
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Abbreviation of El Laboristo · Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · Gent · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ezer Latalmid · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Handel in elektriciteit · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ENFANTS LUNE · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Etres en lien · Socio-cultural adult education · Liège · since 2025
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1948
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 1989
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since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018