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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1993
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Plumbing work · Buggenhout · since 2022
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Retail sale of antiques · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2019
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
Names that resemble it 23 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 · Brakel · since 1986
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Arnhem · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Other information service activities · Beersel · since 2003
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Liège · since 1988
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Abbreviation of HORLOGERIE UNIVERSELLE ET GENERAL OR · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 1996
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Luxemburg · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Visé · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Leuven · since 2024
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Abbreviation of HOLDING UGG · Activities of holding companies · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 1993
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Abbreviation of RENDIR · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2011