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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building finishing work · Nivelles · since 2002
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIER FINANCE EUROPE · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 1983
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Groothandel in kunstmeststoffen en andere agrochemische producten · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2007
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Abbreviation of International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services · Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Institut de formation de l'Enseignement catholique · Vocational training · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Bastogne · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Walcourt · since 1991
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Abbreviation of FERNAND DE SMET-MARIE DAVID COMM.V · Maarkedal · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of CONIFER GROUP · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Evergem · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ROELAND SMITS ARCHITECT-STEDENBOUWKUNDIGE · Activities of building architects · Boechout · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudergem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of D.C.K. België · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1965
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Abbreviation of COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL DE FER · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Quiévrain · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1999
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Anderlecht · since 2006