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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · La Louvière · since 2011
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lokeren · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
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Other business support services · Waasmunster · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Elsene · since 2002
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Mazoutechnic · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Brussel · since 1968
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Hoofddorp · since 1978
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since 1987
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Oud-Turnhout · since 1988
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Aalter · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Kontich · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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Abbreviation of MOBILITEITS ADVIES BIJ ROLSTOELVERVOER · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Riemst · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wavre · since 2020