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.
“KERC”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2013
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2007
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Other tax advisory services · Haaltert · since 1988
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Computer programming · Geel · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Assenede · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Roeselare · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of ELEKTRICITEITSWERKEN JK · General electrical installation work · Peer · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dalhem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2009
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Asse · since 2005
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Grimbergen · since 1977
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Dental practice · Izegem · since 2019
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 1976