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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 2014
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Jabbeke · since 2006
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Literary creation · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of B-Taste · Full-service restaurants · Horebeke · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Boechout · since 2005
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Orp-Jauche · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Dendermonde · since 1987
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 2017
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Roeselare · since 2005
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Herentals · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brugge · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Office administrative and support services · Ninove · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · Verviers · since 2004
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Book publishing · Ieper · since 2007
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other postal and courier activities · Beernem · since 2016
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Dendermonde · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Rixensart · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1982
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Logging · Beauraing · since 2002
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Other printing · Bree · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Juprelle · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MODELISATION ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUE INFORMATIQUE SCIENTIFIQUE · Neuilly-sur-Seine · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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News agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Crissier · since 1980
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Heusden-Zolder · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Other business support services · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2018
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mortsel · since 2019
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Verviers · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2006
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Groothandel in fietsen · Soignies · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2024
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Bewerken van edelstenen (muv diamant) en van halfedelstenen · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Floor and wall tiling · Leopoldsburg · since 2019