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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Grimbergen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2022
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Computer programming · Westerlo · since 1996
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Operation of sports facilities · Hasselt · since 2003
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Herstal · since 2013
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Other construction installation · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Temse · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · As · since 2025
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gent · since 2026
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Vilnius · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Brussel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Site preparation · Temse · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Diepenbeek · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Liège · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Neupré · since 2025
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Brussel · since 2026
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Evergem · since 2026
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Gent · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Waterloo · since 2017