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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Oostende · since 1993
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1968
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2003
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Mixed farming · Pajottegem · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · since 1999
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2019
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Plumbing work · Brasschaat · since 2011
Names that resemble it 62 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Oostende · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Courbevoie · since 1990
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 2000
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since 2009
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since 1983
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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since 2008
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2016
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since 2012
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Veterinary services · since 2000
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1995
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2006
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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since 2018
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since 2014
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since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1966
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2016
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1987
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1994
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since 1985
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 1992
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Event catering · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 1981
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since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2002
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Other tax advisory services · since 1992
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since 1974
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1981
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since 2003
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Activities of notaries · since 2001
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since 1980
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since 1984
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since 1979
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since 2025
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Other software publishing · since 2008
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2024
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Other educational support services · since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2025
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Other specialised design activities · since 2025
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since 2013
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2013
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 1985
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since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2006
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since 1971
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since 1988
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since 2025