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.
“Howard”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beersel · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Jalhay · since 1978
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Translation services · since 2006
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Schaarbeek · since 1979
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MORECAMBE · since 1982
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since 1994
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since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Durbuy · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Keerbergen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Tourist information services · since 2026
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since 2010
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since 2011
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Juwelencenter · Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 1977
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2020
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Eindhoven · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Peer · since 1974
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Plastering work · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tielt · since 2024