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.
“GODT”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tielt · since 2011
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Site preparation · Tienen · since 1995
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Holsbeek · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Koksijde · since 2015
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Manufacture of beer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Wommelgem · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wemmel · since 1993
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Kinrooi · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Grupo Origens Da Capoeira · Elsene · since 2014
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Support activities for crop production · Wuustwezel · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Ieper · since 2011
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Translation services · since 2013
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since 1972
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1987
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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since 1990
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Machining of metals · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Book publishing · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021