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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Erpe-Mere · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2013
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Other education · Middelkerke · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Dental practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Avelgem · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Jabbeke · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Lubbeek · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2008
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General medical practice · Namur · since 2024
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Kruisem · since 1996
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Retail sale of bicycles · Malle · since 1998
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2023
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since 2014
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Machining of metals · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Eye-ct · Computer programming · Lochristi · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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General medical practice · Verviers · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DAHOME · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Elsene · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Immodôme II · Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VASTGOED BAUTERS · Real estate agency activities · Gavere · since 2004