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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brugge · since 2012
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Eupen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE AMATEURMUZIEKORGANISATIE · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pittem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT LIEGEOIS DES ASSOCIATIONS ET DES MEDECINS OMNIPRATICIENS · Other business support services · Liège · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Glamo Distribution · Brussel · since 1958
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wingene · since 1974
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Other financial services · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Lutte Libre Arlon · Arlon · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Larguez les Amarres · Assesse · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Leerlab Academy · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 2026
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Neufchâteau · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019
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Abbreviation of LE LANGAGE DE L'ART · Brussel · since 2001
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Gent · since 2016