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.
“FIRMA THOMAS”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Merchtem · since 1979
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Site preparation · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VLAAMSE IMMOBILIENMAATSCHAPPIJ · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Kuurne · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kapellen · since 1960
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Brussel · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Erpe-Mere · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1997
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Essen · since 2001
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Bastogne · since 2015
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Kortenaken · since 2009
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1994
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Vocational training · since 2019
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2021
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Veterinary services · since 2026
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 1987
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Event catering · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2024