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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van synthetische en kunstmatige vezels · Schilde · since 1968
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
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Lokeren · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Willebroek · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 1987
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ADHESIVES BELGIE · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Gent · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 2024
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Other education · since 1976
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Hilversum · since 1979
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hoegaarden · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 1991
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Avelgem · since 1991
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Equestrian clubs · Crisnée · since 1996
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Abbreviation of International Academy for Marital Spirituality · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1994
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY · Gent · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Riemst · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Chastre · since 2009
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Willebroek · since 2010
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Menen · since 2011
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Mouscron · since 1964