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.
“ERNO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2004
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Amsterdam-Duivendrecht · since 2009
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1983
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Riemst · since 1995
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Floor and wall tiling · Brugge · since 1995
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Trade name of RRAFS · Other business support services · Halen · since 2008
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Risk and damage evaluation · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Zabra Business Units · Development of non-residential building projects · Gent · since 1989
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Other retail sale of food · since 1970
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Employment placement agencies · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Other business support services · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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since 1985
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Specialist medical practice · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2024
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Pittem · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Eeklo · since 2012
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Halle · since 2007
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Roofing work · Schoten · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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since 1974
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Land surveying · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Immobilière de l'Yser · Development of residential building projects · Enghien · since 1982
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since 1998
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Mixed farming · since 2019
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since 1987
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Specialist medical practice · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025