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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Merelbeke · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ukkel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of K&J · Other postal and courier activities · Hulshout · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2008
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Dental practice · Overijse · since 2023
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2013
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · Wetteren · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of PHARMACIE HECQUET-BLONDIAUX · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Boussu · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ENGINEERING · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT SUPERIEUR D'ENTREPRISE - Université PME · since 1989
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Abbreviation of IRON SALE EUROPE · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Huy · since 1989
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Manage · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Société Anonyme · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Koekelberg · since 2014
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Abbreviation of innovztive sustainable engineering · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Insulation installation · Bree · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tubize · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of LOMADU · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Genk · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes et de Réalisations architecturales · Landscape service activities · Châtelet · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Kompas · Land surveying · Koksijde · since 2014
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2026