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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Bâtiment · Valenciennes · since 1977
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Frameries · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Florennes · since 1991
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Abbreviation of L'association des fabricants européens d'accumulateurs automobiles et industriels · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Name of La Criée · Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2023
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Locquignol · since 1977
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Other specialised construction activities · Rebecq · since 2002
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BETTRECHIES · since 2016
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Liège · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BUREAU ASSURANCES SERVICES · Insurance agents and brokers · Oudergem · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2015
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nieuwpoort · since 1987
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Abbreviation of CLUB EUROPEEN DU NAUTISME · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1999
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 1990
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Wijnegem · since 1973
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Dilbeek · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Association européenne de Catalyse - European Association on Catalysis · Namur · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Zwevegem · since 1988
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Thimister-Clermont · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Zedelgem · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Binche · since 1991
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General cleaning of buildings · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of A.C.S. · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Waasmunster · since 1996
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Abbreviation of THE EUROPEAN GAMING AND AMUSEMENT FEDERATION · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of European Compliance Organization for Batteries · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2004
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Ternat · since 1991
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Geel · since 1995
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2005
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Waasmunster · since 1970
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2013
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Leuven · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ADDEV EUROBANDS · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Anzegem · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Euro Bowling Club · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2003
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Logging · VASLUI · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Ichtegem · since 1977
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Hasselt · since 1989
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Kortrijk · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of A to Z · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 1993
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Houthulst · since 1995
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ukkel · since 2000
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1992
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 1994
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Wemmel · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Gent · since 2004
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Site preparation · since 2007
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Abbreviation of EUROBIC ABRUZZO E MOLISE SCRL · S.GIOVANNI TEATINO(CHIETI) · since 1999
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2023
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Elsene · since 1999