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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lier · since 2020
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Hengelo · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ERTEL - C.B.S. · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Huldenberg · since 1988
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 2015
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · Liège · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2025
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Other information service activities · since 2025
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Retail sale of bicycles · Harelbeke · since 2018
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Development of non-residential building projects · Tielt · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Choeur Royal Les Troubadours de l'Eau Noire · Couvin · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hulshout · since 1995
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Verviers · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2016
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Construction of roads and motorways · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ROUND TABLE FOR INDUSTRY · Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Entente Régionale du Tournaisis · Tournai · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2011
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Abbreviation of EASY ROOF TILE · Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Beringen · since 1973
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Beringen · since 1988
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1993
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Painting of buildings · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2004
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Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oostkamp · since 1991
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DHRTN · Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lanaken · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Menen · since 1987
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Jabbeke · since 1976