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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of N.EA · Other education · Antwerpen · since 2023
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since 2011
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Olen · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2015
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Other legal services · since 2022
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Logistics services · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of IGS PHARMA · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Psychology services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Rendeux · since 2005
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since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Moonen · Kippenkwekerijen · Ravels · since 1972
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geel · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2025