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.
“Goossens, 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.
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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since 2016
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since 1966
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Other photographic activities · since 2016
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Book publishing · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1995
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since 1990
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since 2024
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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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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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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Durbuy · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1994
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1994
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Mixed farming · since 1995
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since 1973
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Cultural education · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 1981
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since 2011
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2016
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2025
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since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1995
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Other education · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of SG Distributions · Plumbing work · Dilbeek · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2009
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · since 1985
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since 2012
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since 2015
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Plumbing work · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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since 1978
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since 1995
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since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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since 1984
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Kaprijke · since 2003
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 1998
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Grimbergen · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
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Psychology services · since 2017
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since 2003
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1989
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since 1993
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since 2016
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · since 1996
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since 2008
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2025