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
37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1974
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brugge · since 2025
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Gent · since 1975
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Hasselt · since 1978
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Mol · since 1984
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Real estate agency activities · Keerbergen · since 1986
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Real estate agency activities · Middelkerke · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GROEP BOSSUYT · Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 1991
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Brasschaat · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Heers · since 1993
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Gistel · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of BRUIST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ARCHITECTEN GROEP III · Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2013
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Insurance agents and brokers · Nijlen · since 2013
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Activities of bailiffs · Gent · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2014
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Verhuur en lease van bloemen en planten · Diksmuide · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Zuienkerke · since 2017
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Other tax advisory services · Brugge · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Halen · since 2017
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Sint-Truiden · since 2018
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2023
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Lokeren · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Meise · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Maaseik · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2008
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Brugge · since 1968
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Gent · since 1978
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Brugge · since 1989
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Poperinge · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2016
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Tyre services · Grobbendonk · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Mol · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Ardooie · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Zottegem · since 2021
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Other business support services · Gavere · since 2010
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Anzegem · since 2011
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Brugge · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Oud-Heverlee · since 2023
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Other printing · Hasselt · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Ninove · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Waregem · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Eeklo · since 2017