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.
“KEMA”
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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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Boechout · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Trois-Ponts · since 1996
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Brussel · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Boechout · since 1970
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Meise · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Lille · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Opwijk · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 2009
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2011
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 1965
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Brussel · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Leopoldsburg · since 2024
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Sint-Oedenrode · since 2025
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Other specialised design activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Operation of sports facilities · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1998
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Geel · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Hulshout · since 2015
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2016
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Other technical testing and analysis · Ath · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2023
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Vocational training · Geel · since 2025
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Other business support services · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Other software publishing · Hasselt · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Boechout · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Bernissart · since 2013
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General cleaning of buildings · Tournai · since 2011