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.
“MarITs”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kampenhout · since 2009
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Mixed farming · Pepingen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2012
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Investigation and private security services · since 2014
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since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Bree · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Koksijde · since 1997
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Zonhoven · since 2013
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Zundert · since 1998
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Mechelen · since 2005
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Westerlo · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dalhem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Lummen · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lille · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Manuchar International Trade Services · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · Zelzate · since 2016
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Bornem · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Brecht · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Malle · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MARIE - AVENUE LOUISE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1998
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Brussel · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1992
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Kortemark · since 2015
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1999
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Riemst · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Kluisbergen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2026