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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2016
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Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2001
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of EG Retail (Belgium) · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of EG SERVICES (Belgium) · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CAISSE REGIONALE DE PAIEMENT D'ALLOCATIONS DE CHOMAGE FGT LIEGE HUY WAREMME · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Liège · since 1995
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2013
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Zutendaal · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Soignies · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Huisartsen Noord-Oost Limburg · Kinrooi · since 1992
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Plumbing work · Silly · since 2001
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Ieper · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Genk · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mons · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Saint-Ghislain · since 2014