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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Herent · since 2008
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Raising of horses and other equines · Essen · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Zonhoven · since 1988
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Brecht · since 1996
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · Lommel · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2012
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Mixed farming · Essen · since 2008
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Literary creation · Kortenberg · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of KONINGS BEVERAGES · Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other education · since 2019
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Youth work associations · Leuven · since 1978
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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since 1981
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Beveren · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lier · since 1985
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Gent · since 1995
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MAASTRICHT · since 2000
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since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 1999
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Leuven · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2000
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2018
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2008
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Tourist information services · since 2009
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Kortrijk · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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since 2026
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Insulation installation · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1996
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Ieper · since 2015
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since 1977
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Diest · since 2022
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since 2022
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since 1983
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Socio-cultural adult education · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2003
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2005
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since 2006
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2026
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since 1995
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Veterinary services · since 2025
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Trade name · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Antwerpen · since 2017