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.
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hasselt · since 2011
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Schoten · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Middelkerke · since 2015
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Affligem · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Laakdal · since 1999
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Demolition · Balen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Freelance Admin Hero · Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Eisenbahn-Verkehsmittel AG · Düsseldorf · since 1971
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Abbreviation of European Vending & Coffee Service Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1980
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Menen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Elektrische Verwarmingsinstallateurs · Kontich · since 1987
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Abbreviation of En Vies d'Avenir - Les Copains d'Eric · Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1997
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2000
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Abbreviation of E.V.A. ELECTRIC & SECURITY SYSTEMS · General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2001
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Bredene · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2009
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Vocational training · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lommel · since 2023
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2014
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Abbreviation of EDUCATION VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE · Other specialised design activities · Houthulst · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ELECTRO VAN ASBROECK · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Roosdaal · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Empathie pour la Vie Animale · Andenne · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Retail sale of other household articles · Pepingen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of European Virus Archive · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Elsene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of EvA EUROPE · Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Eva Vangoidsenhoven Advocatenkantoor · Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lier · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · Hoogstraten · since 2026
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Book publishing · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of STRATON · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oostende · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Europese Vereniging van Autoverkopers · Bierbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ERTAS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2017
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Evere - Visan - Amitié · Evere · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020