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.
“FADE”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Brakel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Asse · since 1991
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Wervik · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Roeselare · since 1995
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Boortmeerbeek · since 2000
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Bonheiden · since 2017
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Trade name of De Vastgoedonderneming · Real estate agency activities · Beernem · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Aubel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of SINDI · Hairdressing and barber services · Balen · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Plastering work · since 2011
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2005
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Visual arts creation · since 2008
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gistel · since 2026
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Kortrijk · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Wielsbeke · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Event catering · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pajottegem · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Fédération d'Associations pour la Diffusion de l'Information · Brussel · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 1998
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Saint-Nicolas · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Juprelle · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Fiscaal Adviesbureau De Smet · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lierde · since 2009
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Abbreviation of FISCAAL ACCOUNTANT DIRK HEYMANS · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zutendaal · since 2006
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Abbreviation of les francs archers des collines · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2023
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Other business support services · Laakdal · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Beeldmeester · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2001
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2015
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Heisdorf · since 2014
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ronse · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of FLEMISH AID AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION · Gent · since 1973
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rixensart · since 2011