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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Rixensart · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of EXIA BELGIUM · Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · Gent · since 2018
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Lasne · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of HANZE VERZEKERINGEN ACHTERGAEL · Insurance agents and brokers · Brugge · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Paris La Défanse Cedex · since 2001
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ENDES Engineering Services · Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2018
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Gent · since 2020
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Dental practice · Leuven · since 2010
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Financiële lease · since 2001
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Other financial services · since 2000
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Translation services · Brussel · since 2004
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Dental practice · Soignies · since 2025