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.
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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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Moorslede · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Menen · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 2013
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
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Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1991
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Brecht · since 1996
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1987
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Keerbergen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of 't Bufèt · Vermogensbeheer · Maaseik · since 2017
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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NURNBERG · since 2005
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Roeselare · since 2007
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Support activities for crop production · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Turnhout · since 1972