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.
“Groen, 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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Brugge · since 1979
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Bree · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 1987
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · Wingene · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Oudsbergen · since 1990
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Landscape service activities · Deinze · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Grimbergen · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2021
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Demolition · Pelt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Stad Aalst · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalst · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Maldegem · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Maldegem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Wervik · Afvalwaterafvoer · Wervik · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Bierbeek · Financiële lease · Bierbeek · since 1928
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Name of an establishment of Stad Turnhout · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Turnhout · since 1958
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Liedekerke · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Liedekerke · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Turnhout · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Turnhout · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of LABOR ARBEIDSKANSEN · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · As · since 1987
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Alveringem · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2021