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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2020
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Hovercraft Association Belgium · Etterbeek · since 1979
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Development of residential building projects · Jalhay · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Bree · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HANDBALCLUB ACHILLES BOCHOLT · Activities of other sports clubs · Bocholt · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Hanne Antonissen Bedrijfsrevisor · Activities of company auditors · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van geassembleerde parketvloeren · Genk · since 1956
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Waterloo · since 1985
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's-Gravenhage · since 1987
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · BODEGRAVEN · since 2014
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Vertoning van films · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Liedekerke · since 2010
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Construction of roads and motorways · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012
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Other construction installation · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Huisartsen van Brugge en Omgeving · Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2004
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Abbreviation of HABO HOLDING · Activities of holding companies · Herve · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2002