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.
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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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ACTION EN SOINSINFIRMIERS · Oudergem · since 1986
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ET D'ACTION POUR LA SANTE · Courcelles · since 1988
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1996
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Dessel · since 1997
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Support activities for animal production · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 1979
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Oostende · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Asse · since 1990
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · Herselt · since 2020
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009
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Travel agency activities · Herstal · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Grondrecyclage Antwerpen · Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 2017
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Demolition · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2014
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Bertem · since 1995
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Gent · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Kinderkuren · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Leuven · since 2001
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Materials recovery from waste · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2011
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Abbreviation of RACING AND SPORT PROMOTIONS · Other sports activities · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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Zelzate · since 1980