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.
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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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ans · since 2009
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of FIRST COLLECTION · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Shipman · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of First-IT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2003
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Asse · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE RELOCATION · Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DIVA NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SE FIRST ICON RESEARCH SARL · CH-1204 GENEVE · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of JAPIAN MONDIAL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1984
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oudenaarde · since 2004
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of PARTS4CARS · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Zele · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Oupeye · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1971
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Asse · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of FE Immo · Real estate agency activities · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of bailiffs · Asse · since 2011
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Wholesale of other household goods · LUXEMBOURG · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SAFETY TOOLS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY · Wholesale of machine tools · Aartselaar · since 1982
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Lasne · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE THEATRES POUR L'ACHAT ET LA RESERVATION DE TICKETS - SAMENWERKENDE THEATERS VOOR AANKOOP EN DE RESERVATIE VAN TICKETS · Brussel · since 1987
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Artos · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Etterbeek · since 1999
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Abbreviation of FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art" · Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · Leuven · since 2009
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Roeselare · since 1991
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014