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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Lommel · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Overijse · since 2023
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Machining of metals · Tremelo · since 2001
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Boortmeerbeek · since 2003
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Hove · since 1994
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Moorslede · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Ninove · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Nijlen · since 1999
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Roeselare · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1996
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wielsbeke · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · Lille · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nijlen · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Koksijde · since 2022
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Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2022
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Lommel · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2018
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Computer programming · Beernem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Zwevegem · since 1988
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Wemmel · since 1983
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Ranst · since 2018