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.
“JOW”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Leuven · since 2021
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Waddinxveen · since 1978
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Plumbing work · Zwevegem · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Abbreviation of JeugdhuisOH · Oud-Heverlee · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Holsbeek · since 2011
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Oud-Heverlee · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Willem Adriaensen · Vervaardiging van sanitair aardewerk · Schoten · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Deerlijk · since 2024
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Kortrijk · since 1988
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Development of residential building projects · Herk-de-Stad · since 1997
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 1981
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Event catering · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Erpe-Mere · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Holsbeek · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Herk-de-Stad · 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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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2021