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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Diepenbeek · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · Oupeye · since 1987
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Machining of metals · Gent · since 2021
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Tielt · since 2008
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since 1989
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Koekelberg · since 2000
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Mouscron · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EDMOND T · Elsene · since 2022
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TURNU MAGURELA · since 2004
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2019
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since 1980
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since 1971
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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since 1990
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Activities of building architects · since 2022
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Machining of metals · since 2007
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Logging · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Louis EMOND · Wholesale of machine tools · Vorst · since 1984
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herve · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Vocational training · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Sankt Vith · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Malmedy · since 1994
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since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Dental practice · Lummen · since 2024
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Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Entreprise Moderne de Nettoyage · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 1966