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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of MULLERELECTRIC · General electrical installation work · Malmedy · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 2012
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Dental practice · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · since 2008
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Construction of roads and motorways · Beerse · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of MUBA · Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Diest · since 1987
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Retail sale of antiques · Gent · since 1999
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Hoogstraten · since 1994
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2013
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since 2015
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since 2023
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Other education · since 2025
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since 1984
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2019
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since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2003
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Mixed farming · since 2013
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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since 1995
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since 2008
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since 1988
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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since 2017
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2021
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since 2022
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since 2022
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since 2007
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2025
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Activiteiten van shiatsu, thai massage , watsu, tuina qigong · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2012
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2013
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since 2013
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Funeral services · since 2016
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2015
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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since 2010
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2011
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Other information service activities · since 2008
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2026