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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Zoutleeuw · since 2020
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Rumst · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of JAN ARTHUR ENGINEERING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ESMERALDIAM · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Steenokkerzeel · since 2019
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since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Translation services · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2025
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Interior design · since 2025
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Tyre services · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Other sports activities · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Temse · since 2022