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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Land surveying · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2002
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Munchen · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Gent · since 2012
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Pelt · since 2004
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MULTICOQUES AILEES - M.A.R.T.I.N. · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Somme-Leuze · since 1987
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Diest · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 2021
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General medical practice · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Silly · since 2010
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · since 1994
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since 1996
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · since 2026
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Visé · since 1983
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1988
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Hoogstraten · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MARTINUS MEETING CENTER · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heers · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2007
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2013
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Literary creation · Roeselare · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Libin · since 2025