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.
“MASTER SWITCH”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Travel agency activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Site preparation · Gent · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · ECHTERNACH · since 2026
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Plastering work · Kampenhout · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Production of cinema films · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2017
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Lokeren · since 2020
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Brugge · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Brugge · since 2024
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2014
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Luxemburg · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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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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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2025
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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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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2013