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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Westerlo · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1983
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kasterlee · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Brasschaat · since 2005
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since 2007
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Logging · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Laakdal · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2009
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Activiteiten van bibliotheken · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
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since 1998
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Vervaardiging van edelsmeedwerk · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025