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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Maldegem · since 2025
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · LICHFIELD · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2023
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Machining of metals · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Stekene · since 1976
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bocholt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Schoten · Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Schoten · since 1969
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Forging of metal · Malmedy · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · BOCHOLT · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 2022
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of GD INVEST · Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Ittre · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Leopoldsburg · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Gent · since 1971
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Machining of metals · since 2021
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Bergeijk · since 2022
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Forging of metal · Zutendaal · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 2026
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Machining of metals · since 2019
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1991
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Luxemburg · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Site preparation · Gent · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Willebroek · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2025
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Alken · since 1989
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Abbreviation of MICHEL AUGHUET SYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGIES · Other business support services · Tubize · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · Izegem · since 1999
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Aalter · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · Lochristi · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2024
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Kontich · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2013