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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1984
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Activities of building architects · Overijse · since 2009
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2011
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2007
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Computer programming · Ukkel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of L'api d'amon nos-ôtes · Erezée · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Londerzeel · since 1977
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Wommelgem · since 1980
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oudergem · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Halle · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Oostkamp · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1972
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koekelberg · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Bouw van rioleringen · Gent · since 2012