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.
“MANUALS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2016
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Other personal services · Awans · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heuvelland · since 2008
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Abbreviation of MEDISCH ADVIES LICHAMELIJKE SCHADE · General medical practice · Hasselt · since 1995
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Materials recovery from waste · Brussel · since 1998
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Visual arts creation · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Lo-Reninge · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aywaille · since 2007
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Other legal services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of WERKHUIZEN MIN · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1972
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Namur · since 1983
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brasschaat · since 1999
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Merksplas · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Bezettingswerken FM · Plastering work · Laakdal · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Koekelberg · since 2014
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Herselt · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Tamsin · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Gent · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2020
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Manus BXL · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tielt · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MANUS ANTWERPEN · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of D'HOSE- DE MEUTER · Full-service restaurants · Ternat · since 2005