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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Maaseik · since 2017
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Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Dental practice · Oud-Heverlee · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1984
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Hoogstraten · since 1984
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Schoten · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Ternat · since 1992
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Herent · since 1997
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Machining of metals · Ledegem · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ledegem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1978
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENT LEVEL EXPERT · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Binche · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · Torhout · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Manitou Interface and Logistics Europe · Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Perwez · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · Keerbergen · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Other personal services · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Oosterzele · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MILES BRUGGE · Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Brugge · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2015
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Zoersel · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Malle · since 2006
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Bierbeek · since 2026
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since 2019
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Asse · since 2002
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since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Fléron · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Moorslede · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1983