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.
“KERKHOLD”
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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Maastricht · since 1996
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente De Panne · Other business support services · De Panne · since 1911
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Name of an establishment of Stad Ronse · Advertising agencies · Ronse · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Kraainem · Event catering · Kraainem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Hemiksem · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hemiksem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brugge · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brugge · since 1899
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Wemmel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Wemmel · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Oudergem · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Oudergem · since 1962
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Bree · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Tielt · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Oudsbergen · since 2009
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Mixed farming · Diksmuide · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · since 1971
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Stad Tongeren-Borgloon · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1927
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Assenede · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 2001
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since 1991
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Other building finishing work · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · since 1986
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since 1994
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Landscape service activities · since 1993
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since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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since 1997
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Mixed farming · Riemst · since 2008
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Lanaken · since 2015