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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Apeldoorn · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Zuienkerke · since 1992
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Eupen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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's Hertogenbosch · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Theux · since 2017
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Waterloo · since 1987
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Other printing · Condé · since 1990
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1992
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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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Contract catering and other food service activities · Kortrijk · since 2009
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since 1995