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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Lochristi · since 2023
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Poperinge · since 1960
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1993
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 1993
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Abbreviation of LAHAAG.ORG · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brussel · since 2002
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 2019
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2000
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Thimister-Clermont · since 2023
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Morlanwelz · since 2010
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Harde Trail MTB · Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Anhée · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenburg · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DE CONINCK GWENDA · Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Opwijk · since 2003
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Abbreviation of LaHe CommV · Other education · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Herve · since 2025
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 1998
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1978
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since 1973
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Mixed farming · Mouscron · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE IMMOBILIERE DE LA HAUTE RUE · Brussel · since 1987
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Mixed farming · since 2013
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Plumbing work · since 1999
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since 1998
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General electrical installation work · since 1988
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since 2019
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since 2020
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2022
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since 1995
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since 1981
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Event catering · Genappe · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1986
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Verviers · since 1997