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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2011
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Distributie van gasvormige brandstoffen via leidingen · Thimister-Clermont · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2014
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Malle · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2025
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2020
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Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2025
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1985
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · La Louvière · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2017
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Elsene · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · Brussel · since 2021