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.
“Makelarij”
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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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Tongeren · since 2018
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of EVELIMMO · Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1989
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Activities of lawyers · Duffel · since 2023
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since 2026
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Translation services · Gent · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Bladel · since 2009
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Edegem · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Beersel · since 2020
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Flanders Make · Other research and development on natural sciences · Lommel · since 2003
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Retail sale of household furniture · Messancy · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2008