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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Isidor Bestratingen · Construction of roads and motorways · Beerse · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Zonnebeke · since 2011
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Interior design · Mechelen · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Kortrijk · since 2002
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Computer programming · Deinze · since 2022
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Abbreviation of International Society for infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Tienen · since 2015
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Other personal services · since 1996
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Handel in elektriciteit · Wuustwezel · since 2006
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Support activities for crop production · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Etterbeek · since 2024