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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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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 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2023
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since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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since 2004
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since 2008
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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 1993
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2005
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Event catering · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 2000
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2011
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since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · since 2012
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · since 1999
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2020
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since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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since 2010
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Event catering · 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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Other tax advisory services · since 1975
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2026