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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Hasselt · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 2026
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Zwevegem · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Asse · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · De Haan · since 2025
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Manufacture of other wood products · Brugge · since 1974
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since 1978
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Hasselt · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Fabrication et Réalisation Artisanales de Menuiseries Extérieures · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Eghezée · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Waimes · since 1994
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2002
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FRAME STUDIO · Interior design · Brussel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2018
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Literary creation · Hoegaarden · since 2021
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Gent · since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maasmechelen · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gavere · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HOUSE MAONO · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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TOULOUSE · since 2020
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Abbreviation of fram.energy · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FRAM INVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Kontich · since 2025