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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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Lebbeke · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Lebbeke · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Wommelgem · Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Wommelgem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne Internationale-Internationale Christelijke Arbeidersjeugd · Youth work associations · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Jongerenontmoetingscentrum de Prik · Hooglede · since 1983
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Abbreviation of JEUGDONTMOETINGSCENTRUM IEPER · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Ieper · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Joris Onghena Consulting · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Other business support services · Ninove · since 2013
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Izegem · since 1988
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudsbergen · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalst · since 1993
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Activities of building architects · Malmedy · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Surre · since 2016
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Alken · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Balen · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Knokke-Heist · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Maasmechelen · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kaprijke · since 2013
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Erpe-Mere · since 2013
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Activities of interior architects · Pajottegem · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Staden · since 2009
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2008
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Zoersel · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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Other business support services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of De gemeentelijke jeugdraad Oosterzele · Oosterzele · since 1999
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2007
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Maldegem · since 1992
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Asse · since 1983
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Oostende · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2016
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2022