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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · Lubbeek · since 2007
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VM AGRO · Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Hoogstraten · since 2017
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2019
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Pig breeding farms · Merksplas · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · Laarne · since 2022
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Pet training · Boortmeerbeek · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of AGRO RIEMST · Groothandel in granen en zaden · Riemst · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CERCLE DES ETUDIANTS BIOINGENIEUR.E.S DE L'ULB · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ARABIA GREEN ORGANISATION · since 2011
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Youth work associations · Geel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Apostolaat der Grootstad · Antwerpen · since 1952