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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2013
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Stabroek · since 1985
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Londerzeel · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Abbreviation of GROOT-EVERGEMSE VERENIGING VOOR ARCHEOLOGIE · Evergem · since 1984
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Maaseik · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1992
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Pig breeding farms · Balen · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Ledegem · since 1997
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Peer · since 1998
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Retail sale of footwear · Asse · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geetbets · since 2014
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Hasselt · since 2008
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Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · Tremelo · since 1986
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Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 1987
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Pig breeding farms · Ardooie · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wevelgem · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anzegem · since 1997
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Mouscron · since 2013
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Tienen · since 2021
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Machining of metals · since 2022
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Other business support services · Mol · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Balen · since 2023
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020