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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Staphorst · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Brugge · since 1996
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1984
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Rotterdam · since 1995
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · since 1991
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Retail sale of household furniture · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1979
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raamsdonksveer · since 1974
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Aalter · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Maasmechelen · since 1985
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Insurance agents and brokers · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1988
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Veendam · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Etterbeek · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brecht · since 2014
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OOSTERHOUT NB · since 2005
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Noisy le Sec · since 1980
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Activities of holding companies · Büllingen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Toegankelijk Vlaanderen · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2014
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Insulation installation · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Holsbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Van Pottelberge · Computer programming · Tienen · since 2010
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · ETTEN-LEUR · since 2026
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · Jette · since 1976
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Ukkel · since 1974