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.
“Flanders Doc”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Flanders,District of Creativity · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Groothandel in fietsen · Herzele · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Kortrijk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Brugge · since 2019
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Leuven · since 2013
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Roeselare · since 1985
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Zonnebeke · since 2026
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Pet training · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 1985
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Edegem · since 1986
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Koksijde · since 2000
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2002
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Employment placement agencies · Herentals · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Lommel · since 2003
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Research and development on biotechnology · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2005
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Oostende · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of FLANDERS TRADING GROUP · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 1986
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of WESTHOEK HOTELS - YPRES LODGES · Hotels and similar accommodation · Ieper · since 1983
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Freight transport by road · Bertem · since 1985
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wevelgem · since 1986
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Tessenderlo · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of J. CLAUS - C. BAETEN · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Eeklo · since 1999
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 1999
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Janson Floor · Joinery installation · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Lede · since 2025
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Trade name of Advocatenkantoor Eva De Vuyst · Activities of lawyers · Lochristi · since 2019
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1987
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Kortrijk · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 1986
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1987
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Berlaar · since 1998
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zwevegem · since 1998
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Retail sale of antiques · Maldegem · since 2012
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Other personal services · Roeselare · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lede · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · since 2005
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2008
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Zuienkerke · since 2025
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Insulation installation · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of CREDIMO REAL ESTATE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Asse · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Brugge · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koksijde · since 2019
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Zottegem · since 1985
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Harelbeke · since 1998