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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Balen · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Merchtem · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Event catering · Torhout · since 2026
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Wholesale of machine tools · De Haan · since 2000
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Hoegaarden · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of L-TRUCKING · Freight transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 2022
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Lokeren Radio · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Niklaas · since 1982
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Demolition · Mons · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DITI ET ARI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of MMS MINIMARKET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1996
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2016
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Dental practice · Charleroi · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumst · since 2004
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Visé · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Wetteren · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Zulte · since 1959
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waterloo · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Thuin · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1979
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Freight transport by road · Alveringem · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Liège · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Lokale Radio Limburg · Halen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2015
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Ronse · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Lede · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1963
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2000