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.
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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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of machine tools · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Olen · since 1999
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Ronse · since 1971
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Other sports activities · Gent · since 1990
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Construction of roads and motorways · Lochristi · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Stabroek · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aarschot · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of VAN POUCKE SPORT EN VRIJE TIJD · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Evergem · since 1984
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Herk-de-Stad · since 2004
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ieper · since 2024
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Manufacture of outerwear · Brussel · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Durbuy · since 1987
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Kortrijk · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Formation Recherches Etudes Edition · Elsene · since 1989
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Kortrijk · since 2018
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Feminist Revolution for Education at Equity · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2019
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1990
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Waterloo · since 1983
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Wielsbeke · since 1973
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vertoning van films · Brussel · since 1994
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Other sports activities · Bonheiden · since 2003
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Trade name of UNITIME · Retail sale of other household articles · Aarschot · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kraainem · since 2021
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Gent · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Other tax advisory services · Harelbeke · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2020
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Teelt van druiven · Herzele · since 2001