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.
“NESTEX”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Brussel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2005
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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2006
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hulshout · since 1981
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Ukkel · since 1974
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Chaudfontaine · since 1976
Names that resemble it 43 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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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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De Haan · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Employment placement agencies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2015
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Activities of interior architects · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2018
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Oudergem · since 2018
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Elsene · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Saint-Ghislain · since 2018