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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2009
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Liedekerke · since 1986
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Schoten · Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Schoten · since 1969
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Zonnebeke · since 2019
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Izegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Beringen · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wetteren · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Event catering · Ronse · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of GECO · Other business support services · Stekene · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Mons · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Putte · since 2013
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Other specialised design activities · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Kasterlee · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Duffel · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1969
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since 2005
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ardooie · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Turnhout · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2018