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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2000
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of European Mutual Association For Nuclear Insurance · Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend leven · Evere · since 1978
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Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Charleroi · since 1937
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · As · since 2015
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1995
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Pelt · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hulshout · since 2020
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Tournai · since 2011
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Oostende · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · since 2026
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 · Sankt Vith · since 1987
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Amsterdam · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Mouscron · since 1984
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Dilbeek · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1990
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Freight transport by road · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Roosdaal · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Schilde · since 2026
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Rosmalen · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Wervik · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2000
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Helsen Management Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tielt · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Ranst · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2010
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Support activities for crop production · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Knesselare · since 1987