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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Etterbeek · since 1978
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 1982
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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since 1993
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since 2001
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2020
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Kontich · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2017
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since 1992
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Event catering · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Logging · since 1976
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2012
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020