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.
“Flanders Trading”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 2015
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2006
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1990
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Groothandel in fietsen · Herzele · since 1988
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 1985
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Waregem · since 1982
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Kortrijk · since 1973
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Freight transport by road · Oostende · since 2000
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Bertem · since 1985
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Tessenderlo · since 1988
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Brugge · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Vanderstraeten Serge · General cleaning of buildings · Evergem · since 2007
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Ingelmunster · since 1940
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of LOONWERKEN R.S. · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Houthulst · since 2017
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Lochristi · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Anzegem · since 2019
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1989
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Translation services · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Torhout · since 1995
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1994
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Leuven · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Flanders,District of Creativity · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bree · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Aartselaar · since 2008
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Aalst · since 2007
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Wielsbeke · since 1983
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Roeselare · since 1985
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ronse · since 1993
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van vuurvaste producten · Saint-Ghislain · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Zonnebeke · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · Lubbeek · since 2011
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Halle · since 2016
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koksijde · since 2019
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Kortrijk · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of Devan · Other building finishing work · Harelbeke · since 1993
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Zottegem · since 1985
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since 2007