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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zoersel · since 2025
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Tielt · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of KONINKLIJKE FABRIEK INVENTUM · Groothandel in sanitair · Bilthoven · since 1989
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Combined facilities support activities · Asse · since 1995
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Employment placement agencies · Laarne · since 1996
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Computer programming · Zandhoven · since 2010
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information technology and computer services · Mechelen · since 2000
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1980
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Waterloo · since 1983
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Other specialised design activities · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Q-ESSENCE · Other technical testing and analysis · Lier · since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sombreffe · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lanaken · since 1994
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Other specialised construction activities · Herselt · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2016
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Computer programming · Londerzeel · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · since 1998
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Turnhout · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2009
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Gent · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Bornem · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2025
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2021