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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beringen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Knokke-Heist · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 2017
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Vocational training · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other business support services · Asse · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Dendermonde · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herve · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ENTRETIEN-MAINTENANCE-INDUSTRIEL · Valenciennes · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Emerging Markets International · Other tax advisory services · Brussel · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of E Management & Invest Group S.P.R.L. · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ukkel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of european media initiative · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Kruisem · since 2016
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Szentendre · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Squadron · Computer programming · Waregem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Ecole de Méditation Intégrative · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Ukkel · since 2009
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Cultural education · Namur · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Estate Merchant Investments · Development of residential building projects · Liège · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of ENSIVAL-MORET INTERNATIONAL · Business and other management consultancy · Thimister-Clermont · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zele · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EUROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL · SAINT FARGEAU · since 2007
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Employment placement agencies · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Dental practice · Herentals · since 1991
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Etude du Milieu rural · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
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Abbreviation of European Medical Imaging Centre · Mons · since 1999
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Châtelet · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Balen · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2023
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Ans · since 2009
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Computer programming · Evere · since 2011
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Ebner Maintenance and Industry Technology · Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Nijlen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Electricité Maintenance Industrielle Senturk · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Namur · since 2006
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Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Emelyne Metzinger Interior Design · Interior design · Elsene · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Euroburo Machinery Import · Herentals · since 1974
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Abbreviation of EUROMETAL INDUSTRIES · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Andenne · since 1993
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since 2023