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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Maldegem · since 1996
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Site preparation · Menen · since 1990
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Mixed farming · Bornem · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Aalter · since 2026
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of VERKERKE · Funeral services · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Sint-Truiden · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mortsel · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Lara, Hockey Club Wavre,asbl · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Wavre · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Ranst · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Hasselt · since 2020
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Visé · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Aalter · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Soignies · since 1989
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Tienen · since 1976
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Linter · since 1976
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Activities of head offices · Nivelles · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lede · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Dental practice · Boom · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of LA R.A. (RELATION ARTISTES) · Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Mons · since 1989
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Site preparation · since 2020