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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1987
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Tielt · since 1989
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dalhem · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Zoutleeuw · since 1992
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 1992
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Houthulst · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Nijlen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Mettet · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 1972
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2002
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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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Vaduz · since 1975
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Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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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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Full-service restaurants · Sambreville · since 2018
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Quaregnon · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Mixed farming · Soumagne · since 2005
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Abbreviation of RETAIL INVESTMENT and MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Grobbendonk · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Overijse · since 2023
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Ronse · since 2010