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.
“Goethals Eric”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1970
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Aalst · since 1982
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortrijk · since 1979
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General construction of residential buildings · Zuienkerke · since 1979
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Damme · since 1984
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Dentergem · since 1989
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Painting of buildings · Waregem · since 2001
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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since 1977
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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since 1986
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Activities of building architects · since 1999
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Plumbing work · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 1999
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Site preparation · Maldegem · since 2026
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2011
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Middelkerke · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 1988
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1975
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Destelbergen · since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 1996
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1983
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2002
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since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1981
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Support activities for animal production · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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since 1996
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since 1981
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Plastering work · since 2007
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Event catering · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2024
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Teelt van vezelgewassen · since 1971
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since 1978
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since 1995
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 1991
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2020
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Dental practice · since 1986
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 1986
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since 2017
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since 1987
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN GOETHALS EN ZONEN · Construction of roads and motorways · Oostende · since 1990
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Plumbing work · since 2021