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.
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
55 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Groupement Educatif et Organisationnel pour la Reconnaissance et la Gestion des EcoleS · Herve · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of CREVENTION · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2007
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Etterbeek · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Kortrijk · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of EURAUNEM · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Marchin · since 2002
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since 1974
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · La Louvière · since 1989
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Eupen · since 2001
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since 1993
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Other personal services · since 1996
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Geer · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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since 1990
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1991
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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since 1991
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Computer programming · since 1980
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Tyre services · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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since 1988
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
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Aubange · since 2007
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Site preparation · since 2008
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2008
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Messancy · since 1991
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Activities of bailiffs · Namur · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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since 1966
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since 2013
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
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since 1992
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Gavere · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2026
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Abbreviation of GRANDIR EN SANTE · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Green Electric Solutions · General electrical installation work · Aalst · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 1991
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Site preparation · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of SUOMI MODE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 1987