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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Brussel · since 1989
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of FIRST LINE CLOTHING · Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Gerpinnes · since 2014
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Gent · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of RUTTEN ALEX & DEFERM STIJN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hamont-Achel · since 1992
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Capellen · since 2004
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1996
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2017
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Trade name of FASTLINE TRANSPORT · Other building finishing work · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Other postal and courier activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of FIRST COLLECTION · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of FIRST INC · Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Shipman · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2023
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Abbreviation of First-IT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE RELOCATION · Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DIVA NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SE FIRST ICON RESEARCH SARL · CH-1204 GENEVE · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Mechelen · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of House of ICT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Horebeke · since 2009
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Aiseau-Presles · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Oostende · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oudenaarde · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Elsene · since 1999
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Dison · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Ukkel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of JAPIAN MONDIAL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1984
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Mechelen · since 1985
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Freight transport by road · since 2012