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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2022
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · Oostende · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2018
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1991
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2000
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Other education · Wavre · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Hasselt · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of ILEX 10 · Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2005
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Berlaar · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2000
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Other business support services · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · Temse · since 2012