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.
“Kalamar”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boortmeerbeek · since 1988
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VAN OVERMEIREN TEXTILES · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Development of non-residential building projects · Leuven · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of AFOSY · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2024
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Other construction installation · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2019
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · since 1999
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · since 1991
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Translation services · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 1998
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Blégny · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Retail sale of bicycles · Liège · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · As · since 2009
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Production of cinema films · since 2024
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Gent · since 2025
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Mettet · since 2001
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Brussel · since 2015
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Brussel · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 1995
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Plumbing work · Kelmis · since 2015
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Mons · since 2021
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Other membership organisations · Brugge · since 2023
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Gent · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Liège · since 2016