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.
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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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Dilbeek · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Ronse · since 2013
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Sound recording · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Société du Blocus · Waterloo · since 1991
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Zedelgem · since 2014
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Aalst · since 2025
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since 1982
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wijnegem · since 2004
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lille · since 2013
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since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activiteiten van trust-, vastgoed- en agentuurrekeningen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Aalst · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Gent · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Héron · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Abbreviation of LOMMELSE ONDERNEMERSCLUB · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lommel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of LIMBURGS ONCOLOGISCH CENTRUM · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Hasselt · since 2001
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Literary creation · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Leuven · since 2013
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Avelgem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2001