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.
“Goos, Sam”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of cinema films · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Kasterlee · since 1994
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Event catering · Liège · since 1998
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Other construction installation · Gent · since 2003
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 1976
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Oudenaarde · since 1980
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 1985
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Development of residential building projects · Westerlo · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Kasterlee · since 1993
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of CLEANING EMMA · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Bornem · since 2005
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since 2005
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Durbuy · since 2026
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Lille · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Bree · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2007