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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bocholt · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Mettet · since 2025
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Liège · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of DILS D & W NATUURSTEEN · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Hulshout · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Lokeren · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Beerse · since 2009
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · Brussel · since 2012
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Other personal services · Wingene · since 2007
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Leuven · since 2019
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Abbreviation of EXPLOITATION RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION · Business and other management consultancy · Visé · since 1990
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since 1998
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Abbreviation of European Rabbit Association · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ENVIRONNEMENT RESSOURCES AMENAGEMENT · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ukkel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Europese Rechtsakademie te Trier · Trier · since 1992
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Abbreviation of European Road Adventure · Mechelen · since 2024
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wellen · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of SFERATO IMPORT · Retail sale of household furniture · Zottegem · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Rattenbestrijding Oost-Vlaanderen · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 1997
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
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Gent · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2019
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Other financial services · Wichelen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Etudes, Recherches et Applications · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1981
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA DEFENSE DU MONDE RURAL · Etterbeek · since 1991