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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortenberg · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Zaventem · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wingene · since 1995
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1996
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Lasne · since 1998
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Aalst · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Manufacture of outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Diepenbeek · since 1973
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Abbreviation of JAGADE F & W · Sankt Vith · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2016
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Other educational support services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Jazz Animation Gouvy · Gouvy · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Jeugdverenigingen-Aartselaar-Serviceverlening · Aartselaar · since 1995
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Hasselt · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1998
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Abbreviation of JAZZ AND SOUNDS · Other business support services · Laarne · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bree · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mortsel · since 2014
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Site preparation · since 1990
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Jonge Actieve Senioren · Other financial services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zele · since 1970
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Gingelom · since 2015
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Ninove · since 1998