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.
“Keyers, Marcel”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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since 2006
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since 1991
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2021
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Poperinge · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Aarschot · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Gistel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SCRAPYARD BVBA · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Visual arts creation · Jette · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 1979
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 1990
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since 1947
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Joinery installation · since 1984
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since 1986
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Other business support services · since 2023
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since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2002
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since 2009
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since 1968
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1977
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since 1994
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since 1999
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since 1985
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Mixed farming · since 1990
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since 1994
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2023
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since 2011
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since 1967
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since 1981
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since 1981
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1989
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2006
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since 2009
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since 1985
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1984
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since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2022
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Roofing work · since 2026
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since 1966
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since 1988
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since 1978
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since 1982
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025