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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2020
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Harelbeke · since 1993
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · De Haan · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Holsbeek · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Gent · since 1989
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Youth work associations · Leuven · since 1996
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Namur · since 2000
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Bastogne · since 2001
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2013
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Other retail sale of food · since 1984
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Pelt · since 2020
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Wholesale of other food products · Beringen · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2009
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Aarschot · since 2003
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BarEvent · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 2022