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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2008
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Eupen · since 2011
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Roeselare · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Willebroek · since 2012
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Ganshoren · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of TAVERNE LUX · Site preparation · Maaseik · since 1992
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Visual arts creation · Gent · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortrijk · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2016
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Gent · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brugge · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Liège · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2019
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Abbreviation of LUXURY LODGES · Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LUX Lightstore · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Gavere · since 2011
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Liège · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Willebroek · since 2024
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of NETTOYAGE A SEC VINCENT · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · La Louvière · since 1992
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Geel · since 1993
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1998
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Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SVEN KERSTENS · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Wuustwezel · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1986
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2025