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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Herentals · since 1967
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Abbreviation of GoWell · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Wellen · since 1981
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Merchtem · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Kraainem · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortenaken · since 2025
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Harbor of Advisory, Strategy & Knowledge · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1968
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2015
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Abbreviation of IJSHOCKEYCLUB HASKEY HASSELT · Activities of other sports clubs · Hasselt · since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wuustwezel · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of HENNEN ASSOCIATES · Business and other management consultancy · Aywaille · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenkring Scheldeland · Gavere · since 1986
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Abbreviation of UPPERWARE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Hondenschool en Africhtingsclub Steenhuize (Steenhuize) · Herzele · since 1991
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Geel · since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Trade name of Has Maho · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Brecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HOTEL AUBERGE DU SOUVERAIN · Hotels and similar accommodation · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2007
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudergem · since 2012
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tienen · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Association des Kasaïens · Verviers · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Alken · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalst · since 2012