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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hannut · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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since 2015
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Oostende · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Schaarbeek · since 2007
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · since 2020
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Kortrijk · since 1984
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Malle · since 2017
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · since 2008
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since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Demolition · since 2021
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since 2023
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since 2023
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Other specialised design activities · since 2020
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Wholesale of timber · since 2026
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since 2026
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since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Groupement Educatif et Organisationnel pour la Reconnaissance et la Gestion des EcoleS · Herve · since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of CREVENTION · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2007
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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since 1999
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Name of an establishment of CES GEORGIS · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Etterbeek · since 2010
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Etterbeek · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Gavere · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1996
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2020
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since 2021
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since 2010
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Binche · since 1964