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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2003
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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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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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2015
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Brugge · since 2022
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Milieu- en Veiligheidsdienst · Other business support services · Jabbeke · since 1992
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Other business support services · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 1998
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herent · since 1989
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Plumbing work · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van scharen, messen, bestekken enz · Kortenberg · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ingenieursbureau voor Veiligheid, Energie en Stabiliteit · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kruisem · since 2008