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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Web portal activities · Gent · since 2008
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Computer programming · since 2026
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Bornem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE REEMPLOI - INTERNATIONAL REEMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 1986
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 1998
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ATHENES · since 2002
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Other business support services · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · BUNSCHOTEN-SPAKENBURG · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2009
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Haarlem · since 1978
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2018
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Oudergem · since 1987
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Abbreviation of iNtraGuillemins · Buying and selling of own real estate · Huy · since 2023
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Wommelgem · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Lint · since 2023
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2025
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Looien, bereiden en verven van leder en bont · Mouscron · since 1989
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Beerse · since 2020
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Charleroi · since 1986
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Retail sale of household furniture · Peer · since 1993