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.
“IDS Advice”
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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Handel in elektriciteit · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Other tax advisory services · Gistel · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Ardooie · since 1994
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Advertising agencies
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Other information service activities · Mechelen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ADV CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 2007
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Asse · since 1953
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2010
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brecht · since 1971
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Edegem · since 2023
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Other business support services · Meise · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Saint-Ghislain · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 1987
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Computer programming · Gavere · since 1989
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Other construction installation · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2014
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Boechout · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Chastre · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Namur · since 1995
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Boechout · since 2019
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Insulation installation · Le Roeulx · since 2011
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Keerbergen · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2008
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kapellen · since 2025