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.
“GOOS TIM”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Vosselaar · since 2024
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Luxembourg 2133 · since 1990
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Kasterlee · since 1994
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Market research and public opinion polling · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of K.ractere · Other software publishing · Namur · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Groupe Opérateur en Technologie, Information et Management de l'Environnement · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1992
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Lille · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025