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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Tournai · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Other education · since 2025
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since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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since 1982
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Other building finishing work · Tournai · since 2024
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Funeral services · since 2025
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Tournai · since 1968
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since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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since 2017
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · since 2017
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · since 2022
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since 2015
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since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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since 2010
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since 1996
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2019
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Logistics services · since 2020
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Other education · since 2009
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since 2022
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since 1991
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since 1994
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since 2009
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Logistics services · since 2003
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of L'Amplificateur des Alternatives · Koekelberg · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Les Amis De l'Afrique · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Malmedy · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Les Amis Des Amis · Other retail sale of new goods · Keerbergen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Les Amis des Anges · Liège · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2013
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2001
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2003
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · since 2000
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1997
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Insulation installation · Nivelles · since 2023
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since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Tourist information services · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zwevegem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SAMLAD · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 1987