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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Grobbendonk · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Diepenbeek · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Arendonk · since 2024
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Flémalle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Handelaars in Voeding Van Noord en Zuid Vlaanderen · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Deinze · since 1969
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Abbreviation of NEW ELECTRICAL NATIONAL SERVICES · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1980
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Retail sale of antiques · Lommel · since 1991
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Brecht · since 1993
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Holsbeek · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Real estate agency activities · Hamont-Achel · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Other specialised construction activities · Elsene · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · Pelt · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2023
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Other business support services · Willebroek · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Lille · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Physiotherapy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Nello en Patrasche · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SUTAMARINT · Freight transport by road · Turnhout · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2023