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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Advertising agencies · Mons · since 2003
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Translation services · Wervik · since 2010
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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since 1977
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Raising of other animals · since 2024
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since 1975
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zwevegem · since 2011
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since 1988
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Specialist medical practice · since 1991
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La Louvière · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Incourt · since 1973
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Perwez · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1965
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Messancy · since 2014
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Other cleaning activities · Ans · since 2017
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1981
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Aalst · since 2022
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Abbreviation of NeysImmo & Co · Development of residential building projects · Essen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Vervliet Projects · Activities of interior architects · Lier · since 2011
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Other education · since 2004
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2005
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ingelmunster · since 2007
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Gavere · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026