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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Moerkapelle · since 2015
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Schelle · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Erfgoed Wezembeek-Oppem · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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Balen · since 1977
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Roosdaal · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of NovaArc · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Opwijk · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Knokke-Heist · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1971
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Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Lommel · since 1981
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Abbreviation of ERFGOED WANNES VAN DE VELDE · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kapellen · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ERFGOED BOSSUIT - BOSRAND · Avelgem · since 2021
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Manufacture of beer · Herselt · since 2022
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Book publishing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
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Wetteren · since 1955
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Assenede · since 2018
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Poperinge · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2011
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Boom · since 2009
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Hoogstraten · since 2003
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Kampenhout · since 2019
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brugge · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brugge · since 1899
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Oosterzele · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Oosterzele · since 1968
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Oosterzele · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Merelbeke-Melle · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Bertem · since 2008
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Gent · since 2009
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Other business support services · Oostkamp · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Cultuurregio Pajottenland & Zennevallei · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Dilbeek · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Stad Wervik · Afvalwaterafvoer · Wervik · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Mechelen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Mechelen · since 1968
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Brugge · since 2013
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Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Kortrijk · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Kortrijk · since 1968