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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Gent · since 1953
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Verviers · since 1988
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Specialist medical practice · Oostende · since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2020
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1986
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Abbreviation of VrouwenBron · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Aarschot · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lommel · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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Rijkevorsel · since 2026
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Duffel · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diksmuide · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2017
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Wholesale of other food products · Charleroi · since 1996
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Aarschot · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gavere · since 1993
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Deinze · since 1999
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Specialist medical practice · Ledegem · since 2014
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Izegem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Herentals · since 2008
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Bonheiden · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën · Federale overheid · Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE Du LAIT · Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Schaarbeek · since 1955
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Gent · since 1982
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1985
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MANFILCONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Namur · since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024