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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Wielsbeke · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Oostkamp · since 1999
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Machining of metals · since 1996
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Kluisbergen · since 2025
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Ninove · since 2003
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1998
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since 2013
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Other sports activities · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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since 1985
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Other information technology and computer services · since 1997
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Deinze · since 2008
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Computer programming · since 2016
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · since 2023
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Plastering work · Brugge · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2001
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since 1974
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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since 2026
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Plumbing work · since 2021
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Herentals · since 1959
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Aalst · since 1941
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Dentergem · since 1987
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 1996
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2001
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2009
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Beerse · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van scharen, messen, bestekken enz · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Putte · since 1991
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2017
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since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Erpe-Mere · since 2010
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Tienen · since 1986