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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DAS ESTATE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GERALI · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Péruwelz · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2020
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since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Verviers · since 2019
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Demolition · Namur · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2001
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since 2018
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Liège · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2024
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since 1997
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Web portal activities · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2022
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since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2020
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since 1992
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since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Other software publishing · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2015
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · since 2016
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since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · since 2011
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since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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since 2008
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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since 2020