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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GROUPE EUROPEEN D'ECHANGES ET DE RECHERCHES EN EDUCATION SOCIALE · Brussel · since 1979
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Waterloo · since 1985
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Site preparation · Bekkevoort · since 2000
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Rixensart · since 2018
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Risk and damage evaluation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2012
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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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Brussel · since 1983
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Real estate agency activities · Sambreville · since 1988
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Other construction installation · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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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
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT EUROPEEN D'ECHANGES ET DE RECHERCHE SUR L'EDUCATION ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT SPECIALISES · Namur · since 1999
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Activities of bailiffs · Menen · since 2015
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Other specialised construction activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Eeklo · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2020
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1960
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Ieper · since 1957
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Liège · since 1982
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Cafés and bars · Esneux · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2014
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Activities of bailiffs · Oostende · since 2014
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Trade name of DOKTERS VAN GEYT – DE SMET GERIATRIE - ENDOCRINOLOGIE · Specialist medical practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Linkebeek · since 2022
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Roofing work · Haaltert · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genk · since 2023
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 1978
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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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Abbreviation of Société de Gérance et d'Exploitations Immobilières · Grimbergen · since 1968
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Joinery installation · Braine-le-Comte · since 2013