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
71 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Waremme · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BLUESVENUES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2017
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since 1995
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since 1971
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2025
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · since 2016
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since 2013
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 2018
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Plastering work · since 2023
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2009
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Demolition · since 2012
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since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1993
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1992
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Computer programming · since 2026
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since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1972
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since 1974
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since 1978
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1978
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since 1984
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since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1993
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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since 2017
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General medical practice · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2009
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since 1979
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since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006
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since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Linter · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Plastering work · since 2014
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2002
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since 2016
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since 2016
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 1984
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2009
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since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2012
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Plumbing work · since 2012
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since 1977
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since 1981
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 1996
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017