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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Menen · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Torhout · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DKI · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 1989
Names that resemble it 65 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of European Video Exchange Network · Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Koksijde · since 2021
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Psychology services · Denderleeuw · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Other information service activities · since 2016
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since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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since 2014
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Site preparation · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 2018
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Plastering work · since 1994
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · since 2026
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since 2015
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1998
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since 2001
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 1991
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since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2012
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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since 1997
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Event catering · since 2015
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since 1995
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Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1998
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Other building finishing work · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Other education · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2009
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
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Other sports activities · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2004
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Growing of flowers · since 2005
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2005
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since 2006
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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since 2007
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since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2008
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since 2008
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Name of an establishment of RIKE’S · Nursing and midwifery · Waregem · since 2015
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since 2024