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.
“FIRMIN”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Hasselt · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Bocholt · since 1988
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Insulation installation · since 2016
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Hotton · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2011
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since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Liège · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Donceel · since 1995
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2023
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since 1970
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since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2019
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1988
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Other photographic activities · Gent · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other information technology and computer services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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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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Trade name of CEPAC INTERNATIONAL · Mambai · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zele · since 2019
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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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Kitchen Culture · Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Brussel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Designmanagement · Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Other financial services · Lochristi · since 2025
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since 2026
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Liège · since 2013
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Charleroi · since 2014