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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Destelbergen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hasselt · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Zulte · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BELGOCATERING · Event catering · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Vlaanderen · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Retie · since 2011
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · since 2004
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 1989
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since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2005
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since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2007
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1972
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1977
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Psychology services · since 2026
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Veterinary services · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Lede · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · Peer · since 2000
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Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Geel · since 2017
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Ramillies · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waregem · since 2012
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Other software publishing · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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since 1971
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Name of an establishment of MIELA · Cafés and bars · Oostkamp · since 2024
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since 2024
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Mechelen · since 1972
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ranst · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Menen · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt-Winge · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tienen · since 2004
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Raising of horses and other equines · Oosterzele · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Elham Company 2 · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 1990
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since 2012
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since 1977
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since 1972
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Vorst · since 2026