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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sports and recreation education · Jabbeke · since 2023
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN NEWS COURIER · Other postal and courier activities · Zaventem · since 1989
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD COUNCIL · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van onderdelen van elektrische installaties · Silly · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ENERGIE NOMADE CONSULT · Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Stoumont · since 2022
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Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2009
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Abbreviation of EMBRECHTS NURSE CONSULT · Vosselaar · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2012
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Retail sale of bicycles · Arendonk · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ENC, Electricity, Network, Construction · General electrical installation work · La Louvière · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ENC Kwadraat Consulting · Land surveying · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Other legal services · since 2015
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Other education · Aalter · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of HEENS ANDY · Activities of head offices · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Keerbergen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2010
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2010
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Other construction installation · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Eerste Nederlandse Ciment Industrie · 's-Hertogenbosch · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Seraing · since 2021
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Risk and damage evaluation · Lier · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beringen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of RESEAU EUROPEEN DES CONSEILS DE LA JUSTICE · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of MEGANCK - VERBAEYS · Fitness centres · Mons · since 2002
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1984
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1996
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Ranst · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Seraing · since 2004
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Translation services · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Landen · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2008
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of NOAZAC · Hairdressing and barber services · Profondeville · since 2008