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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Exploitation rurale · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Tournai · since 1981
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Real estate agency activities · Sambreville · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1993
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Genk · since 1995
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1975
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 1983
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Support activities for crop production · Alveringem · since 1988
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Sint-Truiden · since 1992
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Forging of metal · Begijnendijk · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2018
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Inland freight water transport · Aarschot · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2019
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Mixed farming · Sankt Vith · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Global Emergency Response Action · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Other education · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Edegem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Assenede · since 2011
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Abbreviation of GROUPE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHE INTER CULTURELLES · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · Merksplas · since 2008
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Lanaken · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Liège · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Gestion de l'Espace de Recueillement Etudiant · Brussel · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · ST JOSEF WESTSTEIERMARK · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Duffel · since 1964
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Rumst · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Etude et de Réforme de la Fonction administrative, G.E.R.F.A. · Vorst · since 1980
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1984
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of other household goods · Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Beerse · since 1994
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Other construction installation · Herve · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tielt · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Roofing work · Brecht · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Other education · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Herk-de-Stad · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Arendonk · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Lanaken · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Braine-le-Comte · since 2013