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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2002
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Guilford · since 1997
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Computer programming · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Tielt · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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since 2018
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Farciennes · since 2024
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Oudenaarde · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2015
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since 1997