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.
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Turnhout · since 2022
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Lochristi · since 2026
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Manage · since 1983
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Burg-Reuland · since 2021
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vilvoorde · since 1983
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1968
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Eupen · since 1983
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Izegem · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Diest · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of GEREEDSCHAPSMAKERIJ JARO · Machining of metals · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2006
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2025
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since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2011
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Retail sale of other household articles · Lommel · since 2022