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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2024
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DAS ESTATE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 1978
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · since 2018
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since 1997
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Real estate agency activities · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of YIMA · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2005
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Other personal services · since 2026
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since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2000
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · since 2010
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Other sports activities · since 2025
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Veterinary services · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 1992
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Other education · since 2011
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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since 2013
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since 2008
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since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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since 2025
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since 2014
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Tyre services · since 2014
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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since 2015
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since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · since 2019
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Other education · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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since 1993
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Veterinary services · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2004
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
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since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013