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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oudenaarde · since 1991
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Construction of roads and motorways · Beerse · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2000
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Mouscron · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Kortemark · since 2020
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Sint-Truiden · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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Plastering work · since 2008
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · Lochristi · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ADVOCATENKANTOOR MATHIEU EX · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of MATHIEU HOLDING · Activities of holding companies · Bastogne · since 2011
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since 1972
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Veterinary services · since 2017
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Other education · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 2001
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Other education · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kaprijke · since 2013
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since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2015
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since 2015
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Site preparation · Meerhout · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Zemst · since 2019
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Tielt · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1998
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since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heuvelland · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · since 2004
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since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Villers-la-Ville · since 1989