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.
“GuideLine”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
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Other building finishing work · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2004
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Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · SOLNA · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2008
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 1998
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Bekkevoort · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Flémalle · since 1999
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumes · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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Abbreviation of GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE DESIGN · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Neupré · since 1999
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lubbeek · since 2022
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Event catering · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2008
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Groupe Universite-Industrie pour le Developpement des Etudes Spatiales · Brussel · since 1963
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Putte · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Andenne · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Other education · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Other education · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Translation services · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schoten · since 1996
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Schilde · since 2014