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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2018
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Other education · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Schilde · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2012
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Ginkgo Earth · Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of GVWcare · Specialist medical practice · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Kapellen · since 2001
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Généralistes Liège-Nord · Liège · since 1988
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Lichtervelde · since 1995
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL INNOVATION NETWORK · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Malle · since 2001
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Boechout · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Marselis · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Inclusion Egalité Solidarité asbl · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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DAKAR · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2009