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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · Zaventem · since 2024
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Plastering work · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Retail sale of household furniture · Beringen · since 1993
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since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2013
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Avelgem · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2007
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Computer programming · Rotselaar · since 1992
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Menen · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Plastering work · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Oudenaarde · since 1997
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of IBO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Dental practice · Schilde · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1999
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Coating of metals · since 1996
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Châtelet · since 2021
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Construction of roads and motorways · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Floor and wall tiling · Asse · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2002
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Computer programming · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Evergem · since 2016
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2015