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.
“NIE”
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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Construction of roads and motorways · Brussel · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aalst · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1988
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Bornem · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 2005
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Logistics services · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Kalmthout · since 1982
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Overijse · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Pelt · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Stabroek · since 2014
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Vosselaar · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2021
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Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Computer programming · Aarschot · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Malle · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NOUVEL INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Ni2 · Other software publishing · Liège · since 2006