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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Herk-de-Stad · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Charleroi · since 1974
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Lichtervelde · since 1984
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Truiden · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Jerco. La terre est bleue comme une orange · Combined facilities support activities · Ukkel · since 1991
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Combined facilities support activities · Westerlo · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DE BRABANDERE RONNY · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Pittem · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Other business support services · Glabbeek · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ranst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · Lommel · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Evergem · since 2022
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Gent · since 1980
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of RESTAURANT JER · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Market research and public opinion polling · Lennik · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brasschaat · since 2025