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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Godfroid, Pascal”

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.

Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1999
  • Sole trader same name
    since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 1994
  • Sole trader very similar
    Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2022
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Other cleaning activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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