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
57 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of live animals · Büllingen · since 1985
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Trade name of Bureau d'Affaires Masson · Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Hannut · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Forging of metal · since 1977
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Other tax advisory services · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Chastre · since 2009
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2024
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Oudergem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Kapellen · since 2025
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Beernem · since 2007
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1978
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General electrical installation work · since 1991
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Other photographic activities · since 1988
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since 1998
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since 1975
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since 2000
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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since 1998
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since 1998
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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since 1985
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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since 1993
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since 1996
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2002
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since 1981
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Land surveying · since 2004
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2008
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Machining of metals · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Vielsalm · since 2026
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since 1971
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Wholesale of live animals · Chimay · since 1991
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Logging · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2018
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since 2023
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Waterloo · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Maison d'Accueil socio-sanitaire de Bruxelles - Medisch sociaal Opvangcentrum van Brussel · Ambulante hulpverlening aan drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Lo-Reninge · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Maritime Assistance & Survey Services · Logistics services · Temse · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Matter Shape Space · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
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Other business support services · Anzegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND SALES · Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Soignies · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of MASSONI EN SIX · Advertising agencies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993