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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mol · since 1999
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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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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Kontich · since 1999
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1969
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Chaudfontaine · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 1984
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Web portal activities · Anzegem · since 1986
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Real estate agency activities · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Verviers · since 1998
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Tervuren · since 1999
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Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Roeselare · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Ukkel · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Motor Events · Roeselare · since 2021
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Aalst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MUSIC ON TOP · Malle · since 1988
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Graphic design and visual communication · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Halle · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2025
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Deerlijk · since 1964
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schoten · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1992
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Temse · since 1994
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1996
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Flémalle · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ronse · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Scholengroep Sint-Michiel · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Roeselare · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of RefAssist · Computer programming · Herzele · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1992
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1988
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Theux · since 2020
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Computer programming · Herzele · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kortemark · since 2022
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anzegem · since 2011
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2003
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2004
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2006
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ROOSENDAAL · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Zaventem · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Rietberg · since 2025
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Beringen · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1995
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Liège · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Elsene · since 1975