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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 2013
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Visual arts creation · since 2022
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Abbreviation of GEHECHTHEID IN ONTWIKKELING · Other educational support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Dentergem · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lennik · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Geel · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Bernissart · since 1997
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GIOT & Co · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Spa · since 2021
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Other legal services · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ALCON · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1991
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Manufacture of jewellery · Kapellen · since 2002
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1980
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of GRAND ILOCANDIA OF BELGIUM · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · De Panne · since 2025
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Other legal services · Aalst · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wellen · since 1985
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Ukkel · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1997
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2024
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of All Fleet Cleaning · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Abbreviation of GIOTS ENERGIETECHNIEKEN · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hasselt · since 2012
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Brussel · since 2004
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Event catering · Charleroi · since 2025
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Abbreviation of General Investments · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1988
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Geel-Instituut voor Onderwijsbegleiding en Navorming · Geel · since 1990