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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Beerse · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · Koekelberg · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Elsene · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · Mol · since 2019
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Liège · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Alveringem · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Frameries · since 2020
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Genk · since 2021
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of MAGMA PROCESINNOVATIE · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Other business support services · Pelt · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of A&F QSG · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Kraainem · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Ganshoren · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Mettet · since 2021