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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Gent · since 2004
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Geel · since 1977
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of De Lovie · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Poperinge · since 1922
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Temse · since 2017
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Waasmunster · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CARLOS HERMAN · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Eupen · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · Merchtem · since 2019
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Harelbeke · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Eugène Schmidt en Compagnie · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1958
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Brugge · since 1938