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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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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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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Ravels · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mol · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Binche · since 2017
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since 1963
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hemiksem · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1969
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General electrical installation work · since 2008
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since 1967
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1979
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General electrical installation work · since 2003
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Mixed farming · since 1972
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since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 1990
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Literary creation · since 1978
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since 1994
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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since 1961
Names that resemble it 8 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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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Gent · since 2009
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Interior design · Mechelen · since 2021
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Computer programming · Deinze · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2016