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
46 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zaventem · since 1970
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Sint-Truiden · since 1976
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Vilvoorde · since 1976
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Activities of lawyers · since 1984
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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since 1992
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2025
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since 2010
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since 1986
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Algemene Bouwwerken Meylemans · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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Rixensart · since 2012
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Plumbing work · Balen · since 2023
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2013
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Aarschot · since 1989
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Bewerken van diamant · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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since 2019
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since 1987
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since 1985
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Landscape service activities · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · Olen · since 1994
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2020
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since 2012
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since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2020
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since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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since 2005
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herselt · since 2017
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Aarschot · since 2017
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Aarschot · since 2020
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ETABLISSEMENTS STEYLEMANS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 1978
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beringen · since 1993
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Site preparation · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Hamburg · since 2021
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since 2003
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General cleaning of buildings · Affligem · since 1993
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kontich · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortenberg · since 2001
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lommel · since 2006
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Zemst · since 2003
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Pelt · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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General medical practice · Beerse · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991