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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Maasmechelen · since 1990
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Temse · since 2001
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Abbreviation of JOACHIMS ENERGIE & BOUW ADVIES · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Zuienkerke · since 2025
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Les Jeunes Ecrivains Belges · Gent · since 1944
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Abbreviation of Jonge Europese Beweging · Brussel · since 1979
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Etterbeek · since 2002
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2002
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2024
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Other business support services · Ternat · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Aarschot · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2022
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Abbreviation of JEUNESSE ET ESPOIR BASSE · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2012
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EGGELS-BLEYEN · Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire producten van metaal · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1982
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General construction of residential buildings · Geel · since 1984
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Mixed farming · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1990
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Soumagne · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zoersel · since 2021
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Bredene · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of JEBO BLOCKX INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Arendonk · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Essen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of JeBe Pleister & Schilderwerken · Painting of buildings · Beernem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2026
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Lede · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2026