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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General cleaning of buildings · Lanaken · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lanaken · since 2026
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Hasselt · since 1976
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Pelt · since 1989
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Abbreviation of FRANSSEN DAMES-, HEREN- & KINDERKLEDING · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Maasmechelen · since 1999
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2004
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1993
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 1992
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Raising of dairy cattle · Hasselt · since 2015
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Floor and wall tiling · Beernem · since 2015
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since 2016
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1995
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Freight transport by road · Wellen · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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since 2012
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Other business support services · Gingelom · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Welkenraedt · since 2014
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1994
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1991
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since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2003
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kelmis · since 2023
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2010
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Machining of metals · since 2007
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2026
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since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Event catering · Wevelgem · since 1986
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since 2000
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since 2015
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since 1999
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Other construction installation · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Blégny · since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 1979
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since 1959
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Lanaken · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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Oreye · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2021
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Wevelgem · since 1976
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019