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.
“GROEP- STROO”
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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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Mol · since 1984
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Insurance agents and brokers · Halen · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Mol · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 1987
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Leuven · since 1968
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Dendermonde · since 2013
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Other tax advisory services · Herentals · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Izegem · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Zedelgem · since 2019
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Other tax advisory services · Diksmuide · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Bree · since 2011
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Niel · since 2011
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Aalst · since 2011
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beerse · since 2023
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bredene · since 2015
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Wingene · since 2018
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Gingelom · since 2023
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Other printing · Wichelen · since 2011
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Brugge · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Bekkevoort · since 2018
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Gieten van lichte metalen · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Leuven · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026