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.
“EXPERANTO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beersel · since 2007
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Chimay · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Esperanto Universal · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ledegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zelzate · since 2017
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Visé · since 2021
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 2011
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Demesmacre · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Bierbeek · since 1963
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Middelkerke · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of PILA · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Huy · since 2000
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Screed work · Oudergem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of AUDOLO · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Huy · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Linter · since 2011
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Risk and damage evaluation · Aalst · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024