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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Amsterdam · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2011
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Kortemark · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2003
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Other business support services · Eeklo · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2008
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2025
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Waterloo · since 1986
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1987
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Genk · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · Maldegem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2023
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Genk · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Lebbeke · since 2014
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Other printing · Wingene · since 1975
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wevelgem · since 1988
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Ronse · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Estaimpuis · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2019
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Lier · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Beringen · since 2012
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Geel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of JEUGDOPLEIDING BERINGEN · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Huy · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · Enghien · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Jeugdhuis Oude Bareel · Gent · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Koksijde · since 2003
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Other business support services · Willebroek · since 2020
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2008
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Boortmeerbeek · since 2003
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Olen · since 2025
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Elsene · since 2006