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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schelle · since 2019
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Geel · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2019
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ESCH SUR ALZETTE · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Devo en Co. · Other postal and courier activities · Wichelen · since 1999
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Employment placement agencies · Aartselaar · since 2015
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zemst · since 2011
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Balen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hoegaarden · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Asse · since 2004
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Other legal services · Mortsel · since 1990
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ieper · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BVBA JORDANT T. · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bornem · since 2010
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Elsene · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Plumbing work · Kortenberg · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2010
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Sound recording · since 2016
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Demolition · since 2021
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Computer programming · Avelgem · since 2023
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since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kontich · since 2024
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · FINNSNES · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2016