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.
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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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Moorslede · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 2013
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA SANTE · Brussel · since 1984
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Charleroi · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of AGENCE EUROPEENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA SANTE · Nutrition and dietetics services · Brussel · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 1997
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Other social work without accommodation · La Louvière · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2026
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Moorslede · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · Waregem · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Destelbergen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Zottegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2005
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Diepenbeek · since 2024
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Other business support services · Saint-Ghislain · since 2025
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Izegem · since 1977
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Tremelo · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Tremelo · since 1968
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of N.V.MAES · Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Zandhoven · since 1980
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Groothandel in veevoeders · Dentergem · since 1983
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1983
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gistel · since 1985
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Site preparation · Beringen · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Turnhout · since 1990
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Plumbing work · Dessel · since 1991
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Floor and wall tiling · Deinze · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 1997
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Genk · since 2000
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Other business support services · Wellen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · Lommel · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other building finishing work · Tielt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Monastic Association for Encounter and Dialogue · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Pig breeding farms · Assenede · since 2010
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2003
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of L'UNIQUE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 2007
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Gent · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dentergem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of De Coninck · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Ranst · since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · Lasne · since 2000