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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Visual arts creation · since 2016
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Durbuy · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2018
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Insulation installation · Berlaar · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dendermonde · since 1950
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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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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Mol · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Other business support services · Alken · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BEERBOS · Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Westerlo · since 2005
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 1974
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of JADIMEX · Wholesale of timber · Bierbeek · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018