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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Waterloo · since 2024
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2002
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1987
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since 1998
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since 1996
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Other tax advisory services · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2002
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since 2007
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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · since 2003
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Oudergem · since 2024
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Froidchapelle · since 1984
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since 1993
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since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Other education · Kapellen · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Beernem · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Veterinary services · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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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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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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Mixed farming · since 1986
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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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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2022
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 1983
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Activities of lawyers · since 1998
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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