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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Bree · since 1998
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · Lubbeek · since 2011
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1994
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Retail sale of bicycles · Westerlo · since 1999
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Andenne · since 2000
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2002
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aarschot · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of LOONWERKEN R.S. · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Houthulst · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 2019
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's-Gravenhage · since 2019
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Lochristi · since 2021
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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since 2021
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Raising of horses and other equines · Herentals · since 2021
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Wholesale of other food products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Diksmuide · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oud-Turnhout · since 2008
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lokeren · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Wholesale of other food products · Namur · since 2025
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Groothandel in werkkleding · since 2026
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 1952
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beringen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Waregem · since 2019
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Evere · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of SBS.Trading · Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2016
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Proefboren en boren · Laakdal · since 2023
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SRJ CONSTRUCTION · Other specialised construction activities · Ronse · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Primelabs · Activities of holding companies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Boom · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2026
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Evere · since 1990
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Ukkel · since 1997
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2016