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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of FORESCO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 1968
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Flanders' Real Estate Development · Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Fred & Ginger Retail Belgium · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 1983
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Waregem · since 2002
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2003
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brugge · since 2014
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Event catering · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Vaname · Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Wingene · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Kortrijk · since 1978
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Olen · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1993
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Vilvoorde · since 1995
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La Hulpe · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of MILVUS AIR · Travel agency activities · Keerbergen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of FredCO -''Living on the edge'' · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · since 1995
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Inland freight water transport · since 1983
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Abbreviation of FORWARD REAL ESTATE · Real estate agency activities · Oupeye · since 2016
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General medical practice · Le Roeulx · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Heuvelland · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1996
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Land surveying · Deinze · since 2022
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
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Other business support services · Izegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FIERS REAL ESTATE · Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wetteren · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Middelkerke · since 2009
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · Zonhoven · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gerpinnes · since 1996
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zoersel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of A.K.K. · Development of residential building projects · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Tournai · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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Tervuren · since 1989