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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lier · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · Ukkel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Socio-Culturele Vereniging Mega · Halle · since 1984
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Halle · since 1984
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Chaudfontaine · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudergem · since 1987
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Photography, excluding press photography · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Mediakring Gavere · Gavere · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Westerlo · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Power Online · Handel in elektriciteit · Liège · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MEETJESLAND-GENT ALLIANTIE ZWEMTEAM · Eeklo · since 2004
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · AUCKLAND · since 2023
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Vorst · since 1987
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since 1995
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of outerwear · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Plumbing work · Namur · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of EASYCOOL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2008
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Kraainem · since 2022
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Fleurus · since 1990
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1971
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of CEPEM · Machining of metals · Torhout · since 2005