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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van borstelwaren · Tielt · since 1978
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Floor and wall tiling · Gavere · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Kluisbergen · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · Zele · since 2009
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 2019
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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since 1988
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1987
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2014
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since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2025
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since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2005
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2026
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Growing of flowers · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2000
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2013
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since 1995
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2008
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2022
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since 1998
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2023