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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Raising of sheep and goats · Assenede · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Amay · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of VILERGER · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1977
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Other education · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dour · since 2020
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Perwez · since 2002
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of RetailDrive · Computer programming · Elsene · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Beauvechain · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of APK Telecom Networksolutions · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Malle · since 1992
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Ellezelles · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · Poperinge · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VALEX ASSURANCES · Insurance agents and brokers · Evere · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Kampenhout · since 2008
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Burdinne · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ALYZEA · Retail sale of household furniture · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1989
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Literary creation · Brussel · since 1990