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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2002
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Doncaster · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Wellen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Multipack Packaging · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Rotselaar · since 1982
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Koekelberg · since 2024
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of MULTI.engineering Industrie, Bouw & Infra · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 1988
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1993
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Wemmel · since 2026
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Ukkel · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Opwijk · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oudsbergen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Kraainem · since 2026
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2023