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.
“LOTEM”
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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Lummen · since 2025
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Plumbing work · EINDHOVEN · since 1975
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Overijse · since 2020
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Computer programming · Fleurus · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Leuven · since 2005
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Abbreviation of HET LICHAMELIJKE OPVOEDINGSTEAM · Book publishing · Roeselare · since 1999
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Operation of sports facilities · Leuven · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Gent · since 2014
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Maasmechelen · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Izegem · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Hulshout · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Lights On Tibet · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Lens Optical Technology · Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Lommel · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Land of Tomorrow · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Gent · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Office Technique de Manufactures · Asse · since 1956