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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Site preparation · Blankenberge · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 1989
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Etterbeek · since 1992
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General cleaning of buildings · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Merksplas · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BOYRAZ INVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Roofing work · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2012
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since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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since 2019
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Westerlo · since 1968
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Other construction installation · Brugge · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · Beringen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY CARE ASSOCIATION · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · Brussel · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · since 1994
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Activities of other sports clubs · Oudsbergen · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2026
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Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · La Louvière · since 1974
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Abbreviation of European Roaders Club · Londerzeel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE RESTAURATION CONSTRUCTION · Tours · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Economic Research Consultants · Development of residential building projects · Lanaken · since 1989
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Development of residential building projects · Malle · since 1990
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN RESEARCH EN CONSULTANT · Tervuren · since 1993
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Abbreviation of European Resuscitation Council · Book publishing · Niel · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zonhoven · since 2002
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Avelgem · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Jodoigne · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Eritrean Refugee Committee · Brussel · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EMPLOYEE RELACATION COUNCIL INC. - Wordwide ERC · Washington DC · since 2007
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Abbreviation of EGLISE DES RACHETES DU CHRIST · Liège · since 2025
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Gent · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2003
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Régie communale autonome des sports de Nivelles · Operation of sports facilities · Nivelles · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Eiercoöperatie · Geel · since 1965
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Abbreviation of AFRICABSYSTEMS · Zutendaal · since 1994
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Abbreviation of European Research and Communications · Brussel · since 1996