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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tielt · since 1988
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Wholesale of timber · Brugge · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Lecoutere Consulting · Other information service activities · Ledegem · since 2013
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1989
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Tournai · since 1998
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1971
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Floor and wall tiling · Ledegem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Burgerlijke Maatschap Lecoutere & Co · Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1965
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Other education · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 2019
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Namur · since 1986
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Overijse · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Beersel · since 1992
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of UMOBEL · Full-service restaurants · Theux · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Pepingen · since 1995
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2005
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Other personal services · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of LECO COP · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2017
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Machining of metals · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · since 2011
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Schilde · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Lievegem · since 2026
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Dental practice · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Wevelgem · since 2011
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Other tax advisory services · Namur · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Ligue de l'Enseignement communal officiel de et a La Hestre · Manage · since 1970