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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of dairy cattle · Lo-Reninge · since 2010
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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since 1978
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since 2024
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since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 1988
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Other legal services · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2004
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2004
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Aalst · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1989
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Removal services · since 1990
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Affligem · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Support activities for animal production · since 2022
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 2016
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since 2001
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eeklo · since 2025
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Pig breeding farms · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2020
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since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Pig breeding farms · Diksmuide · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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since 2026
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Opwijk · since 1993
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Support activities for crop production · Alveringem · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · De Panne · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 2010