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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Linkebeek · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1997
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Insurance agents and brokers · Faimes · since 2004
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KOETSCHETTE · since 2005
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Hexagon Renewable Energy · Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2021
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · GONESSE · since 2015
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2021
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Other retail sale of new goods · Pajottegem · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Verlaine · since 2010
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Labvice · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Other legal services · Huldenberg · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of THRIBE BRANDS · Wholesale of other household goods · Schelle · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2025
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Hoegaarden · since 2013