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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 1987
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 1984
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Joinery installation · Zele · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Ieper · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Waalre · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MTS GLOBAL · Wholesale of machine tools · Plombières · since 2010
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Leuven · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2003
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Zulte · since 2007
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Schilde · since 1989