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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Vermogensbeheer · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kortrijk · since 1984
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Nieuwpoort · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Oostrozebeke · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schoten · since 2021
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Development of non-residential building projects · Leuven · since 2006
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Other information service activities · Boutersem · since 2008
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information technology and computer services · Hove · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waterloo · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Boom · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Kadi Hovestraat 44-46 te Edegem · Edegem · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · since 1995
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Waterloo · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Wommelgem · since 1970
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1992
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · since 1999
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1999
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Hoogstraten · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Nijlen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Gent · since 1981
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since 2002