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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Gent · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 1988
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aubel · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Advocaat Lena Morch · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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Nijlen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2010
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Verviers · since 2007
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Compositie van muziek · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2026
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since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 1970
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Le Royaume des Arts · Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Brussel · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Kortemark · since 2024
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Tielt · since 1988