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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2013
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Construction of roads and motorways · Beerse · since 1968
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Operation of fairground attractions · Pepinster · since 1983
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Wommelgem · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Leuven · since 1993
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Abbreviation of JAMAR Construction · General construction of residential buildings · Gembloux · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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since 2014
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Veterinary services · since 2003
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Literary creation · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2025
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other legal services · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1972
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since 1971
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since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024