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
49 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1973
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General electrical installation work · since 1965
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2016
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2016
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Event catering · Gent · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Rotselaar · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of V.M.W. · Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2020
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Affligem · since 2020
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Trade name of Fille Maurice · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Mechelen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Hoeilaart · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Maurice & Nora · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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since 1992
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Marseille · since 2021
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since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Affligem · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1999
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2026
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La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1987
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Activiteiten van watersportclubs · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Les Bons Villers · since 1991
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Youth work associations · Olen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Maurice · Full-service restaurants · Deerlijk · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Berlare · since 2016
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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since 2014
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1990
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since 1989
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Mixed farming · since 1985
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Namur · since 1974
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Gouvy · since 1988
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Gent · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Olen · since 1998
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Literary creation · since 2017
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since 1979
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1964
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2005
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since 1978
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oupeye · since 1993
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · Torhout · since 2023
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2020