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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mouscron · since 2026
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Koekelare · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Hulshout · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Aalter · since 1995
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Site preparation · since 2020
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since 2025
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Meerhout · since 2006
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Kluisbergen · since 1983
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Oostkamp · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Rik HAESEN · Roofing work · Riemst · since 1977
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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since 2006
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 2025
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Other financial services · Keerbergen · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Herk-de-Stad · since 1989
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Mixed farming · Diest · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 1994
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
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since 1980
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Other photographic activities · since 2022
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since 2016
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Geel · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Logistics services · since 2023
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Translation services · since 2009
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lanaken · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Lochristi · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Knokke-Heist · since 1981
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since 2012
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Oosterzele · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2014
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Other personal services · since 2015
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since 1981
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Herk-de-Stad · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2012
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since 1970
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2024
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since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2008
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since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Linter · since 2007