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.
“Gateway”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Berlare · since 2021
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Gerpinnes · since 2010
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Computer programming · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 1996
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Development of non-residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2025
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Name of WELCOME AFRICA BELGIUM · Elsene · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Ranst · since 2010
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since 2020
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Newark (Nottinghamshire) · since 2010
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Dublin 2 · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Motala · since 2005
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 2025
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Removal services · since 2022
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Abbreviation of GOSPEL ACTION TEAM · Arlon · since 2009
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Abbreviation of GHENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Bredene · since 2009
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of WEISY · Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2026
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BESTCOM · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 1993
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Dinant · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · Braives · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Mons · since 2011
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024