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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Assesse · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2020
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since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Diest · since 2009
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Firma Gebroeders-C. J. en M. Bouts · Bree · since 1968
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Dessel · since 1976
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Deinze · since 1978
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wellen · since 1983
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Cafés and bars · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2014
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Gemeenschap & Basisonderwijs · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Other membership organisations · Evergem · since 2012
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Site preparation · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of IDEAL-THERM · Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Paliseul · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · De Haan · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Gebruikers van het Brussels Openbaar Vervoer · Oudergem · since 1984
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Proefboren en boren · since 2009
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2019
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Tielt-Winge · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 1994
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Brussel · since 1999
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Support activities for animal production · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2004
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Kasterlee · since 2026
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Brugge · since 1980