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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Wommelgem · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ERNILS · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mortsel · since 1989
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Plastering work · Tervuren · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Lokeren · since 2012
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Curacao - Willemstad · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2017
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Menen · since 1984
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Formations & Enseignement Namur · Namur · since 2023
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Plastering work · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Eeklo · since 1974
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Vorst · since 2013
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Investigation and private security services · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of flowTAB · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other software publishing · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Office wallon de la Formation professionnelle et de l'Emploi · Employment placement agencies · Charleroi · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Formation - Emploi - Tremplin · Vocational training · Vorst · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Beersel · since 2019
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Other sports activities · Kontich · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Winning van grind · Ieper · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Willebroek · since 2025
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026