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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2006
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Brussel · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Riemst · since 2006
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Leuven · since 2017
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Other personal services · Brussel · since 1984
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2018
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2021
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 1998
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Kaprijke · since 2018
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Other information service activities · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Herzele · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2012
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of VANOLI · Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tremelo · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Name of SELECT SAFETY · General construction of residential buildings · Beernem · since 2001
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Warehousing and storage · Espoo · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
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Eeklo · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Veterinary services · Leuven · since 2008
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Nestelbossen Vlaanderen · Socio-cultural adult education · Aalst · since 2018
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De Haan · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2015
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Oudergem · since 2018
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Computer programming · Sombreffe · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Saint-Ghislain · since 2018