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.
“LEMCA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Development of residential building projects · Affligem · since 1977
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Chastre · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2022
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Other education · Erpe-Mere · since 2011
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Ronse · since 2010
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Leuven · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Kaprijke · since 2023
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Oudsbergen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Legacy Entertainment Management · Activities of holding companies · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lier · since 1981
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Other legal services · Kaprijke · since 1983
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lanaken · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · De Haan · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Laboratoire électronique Malmédy · Malmedy · since 1969