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.
“Jim BV”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Profondeville · since 2015
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Media representation · Amsterdam · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Blankenberge · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Hoedekens · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorselaar · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of THE GIGA COMPANY · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Elsene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Fitness centres · Halle · since 1982
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Abbreviation of RECOVERY TEAM SERVICES · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Liège · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Jabbeke · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Heers · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
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General medical practice · Waregem · since 2026
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Ukkel · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 1986
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Kapellen · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Wervik · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of ZIZOV JEWELLERY · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Mechelen · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Verlaine · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Ukkel · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herstal · since 2017
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Neupré · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Schoten · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Lierde · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Koekelberg · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of J.L. PARTNERS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2019