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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kortrijk · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Oostrozebeke · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schoten · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zottegem · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2005
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of JADIMEX · Wholesale of timber · Bierbeek · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Other business support services · Mons · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 1988
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995
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Awans · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Duffel · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 1974
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Ukkel · since 1982
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Operation of fairground attractions · Pepinster · since 1983
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Wommelgem · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1992
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Leuven · since 1993
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Visual arts creation · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2024
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Abbreviation of JAMAR Construction · General construction of residential buildings · Gembloux · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Durbuy · since 2026