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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2022
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Kraainem · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Dour · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Lummen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ChartMill · Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2024
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Destelbergen · since 2021
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Gent · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 1998
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Kaprijke · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Painting of buildings · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Herzele · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2012
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tremelo · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025