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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortemark · since 1984
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Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Deinze · since 2011
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Plumbing work · Blankenberge · since 2011
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2011
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Removal services · Hooglede · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2003
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 1991
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Specialist medical practice · since 1992
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since 2018
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Site preparation · Hooglede · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Tielt · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2009
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Other education · since 2018
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since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2024
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Abbreviation of FLORIST MOVAERT · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Vorst · since 2010
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Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aartselaar · since 2000
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Other building finishing work · since 1986
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Pig breeding farms · since 1969
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since 2000
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Tielt · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1995
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1999
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Roofing work · since 2026