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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Zottegem · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Genk · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Wervik · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2012
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Lille · since 2007
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Plumbing work · Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2020
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · MAARTENSDIJK · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Grimbergen · since 2005
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zemst · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2016
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Logistics services · Neufchâteau · since 2007
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since 2024
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Other construction installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ravels · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Deinze · since 2021
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Roofing work · Schoten · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BIXA BELGIUM · Plastering work · Lummen · since 2005