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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Rochefort · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2007
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Zandhoven · since 1992
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Kontich · since 1992
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2022
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Manufacture of beer · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2016
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Manufacture of beer · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2019
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since 2011
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since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2026
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since 1992
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since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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since 2002
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since 1993
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Malmedy · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2011
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since 1991
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2008
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since 2025