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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of bailiffs · Deinze · since 2018
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1992
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Estinnes · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · Bornem · since 2011
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Valenciennes · since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tournai · since 1990
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Zaventem · since 2000
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Oudenaarde · since 2006
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of European Systems of Civil Aviation · Cultural education · Namur · since 1990
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Abbreviation of European Shisha Community Alliance · Elsene · since 2021
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Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2011
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since 1986
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Abbreviation of Espace Socio-Culturel d'Apprentissage et d'Echange · since 2017
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Brussel · since 1969
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Tournai · since 2014
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Tournai · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of VromanBouw · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tielt · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Tournai · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Aarschot · since 1988
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Elsene · since 1988
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Diest · since 1988
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Operation of sports facilities · Evergem · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Vorst · since 1991
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Agence Locale pour l'Emploi entités de Pecq et de Tournai · Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Tournai · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anzegem · since 1997
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Brussel · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ESDACO · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Mol · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ESPACE SOCIAL ET CULTUREL ART D'AFRIQUE · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of GWHB · Hairdressing and barber services · Zemst · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of The Burger Hasselt · Other amusement and recreation activities · Genk · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Raising of horses and other equines · Stekene · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ESCAPE'S WORKSHOP · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Holsbeek · since 2008
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Evergem · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kraainem · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kluisbergen · since 2026
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Tournai · since 2022
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Raising of sheep and goats · Pecq · since 1964