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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Oosterzele · since 2022
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dentergem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Lubbeek · since 2002
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 2015