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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Mathys, Peter”

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.

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Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1999
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer programming · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2008
  • MATHYS very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Evergem · since 1988
  • Sole trader very similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 2009
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1987
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    Translation services · since 2012
  • Painting of buildings · Frameries · since 2011
  • Office administrative and support services · Brasschaat · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
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    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
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    Machining of metals · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2001
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    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Other software publishing · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Other sports activities · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2005

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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