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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schilde · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Binche · since 2004
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Plastering work · Lebbeke · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Uitgeven van kranten · Kontich · since 1983
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Middelkerke · since 1996
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Biddinghuizen · since 1999
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Sprimont · since 1980
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Ukkel · since 1980
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1981
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Abbreviation of GROUPE INDUSTRIEL DE CHAUFFAGE · Liège · since 1991
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Abbreviation of GIC DLW · Real estate agency activities · Comines-Warneton · since 1999
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Abbreviation of GEBOREN IN DE KEMPEN · Geel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Gazzola Investment Company · Development of residential building projects · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · Bornem · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Greatest Installation Company · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Groupement d'Intérêt Cynégétique de Mons - Hauts-Pays · Quévy · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Evere · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Malle · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE GESTION D'INVESTISSEMENT, DE CONSEIL ET DE REALISATION · Other technical testing and analysis · Namur · since 1992
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT DES INTELLECTUELS CONGOLAIS EN BELGIQUE · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · Putte · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
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Other construction installation · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · La Louvière · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2006
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Clavier · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Da Pina · Full-service restaurants · Dinant · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · Mouscron · since 2025
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since 1978
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Abbreviation of Glass Industry Club · Brussel · since 1963
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Lichtervelde · since 1975
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Kelmis · since 1978
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Abbreviation of GROUP INTER CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Assistance en Gestion Informatique et Connexes · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997