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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 1993
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Mixed farming · Brugge · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Brugge · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2019
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1985
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Other education · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2011
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Evergem · since 2026
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since 1960
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Brugge · since 1987
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Specialist medical practice · Wingene · since 2026
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Site preparation · Damme · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1999
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELE SCHILDERWERKEN BAETEN · Painting of buildings · Olen · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Dordrecht · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2011