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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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Asse · since 1982
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Mol · since 1987
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Dental practice · Veurne · since 2018
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Lier · since 1982
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Bree · since 1990
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2014
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waregem · since 1976
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Waterloo · since 1969
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Joinery installation · Waregem · since 1983
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Joinery installation · Geel · since 1999
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since 1979
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Other construction installation
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nieuwpoort · since 2012
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since 2007
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Other building finishing work · Geel · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Damme · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Association internationale pour la Documentation juridique · Brussel · since 1969
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Insurance agents and brokers · Genk · since 1993
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Zele · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Wemmel · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Edegem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALANSA · Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2022
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Roofing work · Brugge · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Asse · since 2024
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Noisy le Sec · since 1980
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Activities of holding companies · Büllingen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Toegankelijk Vlaanderen · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2014
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Insulation installation · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Holsbeek · since 2026
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Herstal · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of VERBICON · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2009
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1986
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Jette · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Farciennes · since 1993
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1975
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Buggenhout · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 1961
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Zottegem · since 1980
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Brasschaat · since 1989
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1968
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1984
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Brussel · since 1972
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Mechelen · since 1972
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
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since 1994