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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lint · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Lint · since 1985
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Support activities for crop production · Hoogstraten · since 2014
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Arvesta Belgium · Vervaardiging van kunstmeststoffen en stikstofverbindingen · Leuven · since 2019
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Computer programming · Mistelgau · since 2025
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Other legal services · since 2026
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gent · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Hôtel Et Restaurant Organisation Nouvelle · Hotels and similar accommodation · Jurbise · since 2010
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Wholesale of live animals · Hamoir · since 1985
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Aalter · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Seneffe · since 1990
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Mixed farming · Bassenge · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2015
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Frameries · since 2018
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Zoersel · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Lo-Reninge · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Knokke-Heist · since 2006
Names that resemble it 39 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 · Oostende · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DGST · Varkensvetmesterijen · Lille · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Other personal services · Oudsbergen · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2014
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Vorst · since 2026
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Lint · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ASBL Hermotîs · Oupeye · since 2007
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since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Frameries · since 2014
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Brussel · since 1983
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1991
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Poperinge · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 1995
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2002
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since 1989
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Inland freight water transport · since 1995
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Other information service activities · Halen · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pont-à-Celles · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wemmel · since 2020
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Beersel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Brugge · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 1980
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Charleroi · since 1996