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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aarschot · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Schelle · since 2003
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Growing of flowers · Evergem · since 1968
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Other information technology and computer services · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geetbets · since 2008
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Institut national pour le Développement de l'Informatique · since 1981
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Wommelgem · since 2013
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Zoutleeuw · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boechout · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2026
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Computer programming · Wijnegem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Holsbeek · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Autorola · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Aartselaar · since 2007
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Waterloo · since 1983
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Tienen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY · Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Aartselaar · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brasschaat · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2006
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Abbreviation of International Distribution Online · Brussel · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Villers-la-Ville · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sprimont · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Inversiones Diversas Thuret Arrieta · San Salvador · since 1983
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Development of residential building projects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1990
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Comines-Warneton · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of LIA · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Waasmunster · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1995
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Geel · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Hoegaarden · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · Overijse · since 2000
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Painting of buildings · Hasselt · since 2002
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since 2000
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Other retail sale of food · since 2001
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1993
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Turnhout · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2013
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1994
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2009
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2003
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Other social work without accommodation · Mechelen · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Event catering · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2007
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Vorst · since 2008
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Hasselt · since 2007
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Gent · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 1994