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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Zaventem · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Dental practice · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of QUALITEETH · Dental practice · Waterloo · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2007
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Psychology services · since 2013
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since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2013
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1977
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Wervik · since 1982
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Oostkamp · since 1984
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Balen · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Pajottegem · since 1993
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Meise · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Ravels · since 1998
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hamont-Achel · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Ternat · since 2013
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Oostkamp · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2015
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Other education · Wervik · since 2017
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1984
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Leuven · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brakel · since 2009
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2014
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Plastering work · Ieper · since 2011
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Abbreviation of AARDINGEN MARO · General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Maaseik · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Herselt · since 2026
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Wervik · since 1983
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Hooglede · since 1987