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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of De Nachtegaal · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of M.J.S. · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bocholt · since 2008
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Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Houthulst · since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1992
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Diepenbeek · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2012
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Poperinge · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DIENST VOOR OPVANGGEZINNEN MEZENNESTJE · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Torhout · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Huis Nachtegaal Nachtegaallaan 34 te Hoboken · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Halle · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Ministeries van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Brussel · since 1980
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1971
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Zedelgem · since 2026
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 1979
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lommel · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Buurthuis(zen) - Centrum voor maatschappelijke buurtanimatie · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie Nachtegaal Beemdenlaan 29-33 te Kontich · Kontich · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie De Nachtegaal Groenenborgerlaan 202 te Wilrijk · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie De Nachtegaal Doelhaagstraat 11-13 te Rumst · Rumst · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2005
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Schreurs - Huysmans · Specialist medical practice · Herentals · since 2014
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Zonhoven · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2022
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Waasmunster · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2018
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Ronse · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Jabbeke · since 2022
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since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · Leuven · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023