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.
“Free-man”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 2020
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London · since 1998
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Translation services · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Welkenraedt · since 2005
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Huy · since 2002
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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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Site preparation · Malle · since 1995
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Wielsbeke · since 1973
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Tournai · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2012
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Izegem · since 1995
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Liège · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Freshman BXL · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2026
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Geraardsbergen · since 1983
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Hove · since 1984
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Bree · since 1986
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1987
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Other specialised construction activities · Ninove · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Londerzeel · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Herzele · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 1998
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of RANDOM SCREAM · Literary creation · Vorst · since 2000
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Kampenhout · since 2013
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Name of TSVANONS · Mechelen · since 2014
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brugge · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2015
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1991
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Painting of buildings · Paliseul · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Erpe-Mere · since 2011
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Abbreviation of FREMA TOTAL PROJECTS · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2006
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1994