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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Malle · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Malle · since 1968
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Schoten · since 1982
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ieper · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ravels · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of YANA · Full-service restaurants · Liedekerke · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2022
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Other business support services · Damme · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of KAREL & HERLINDE · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Willebroek · since 2018
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Merksplas · since 2020
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Vocational training · Lier · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Lezen - Artwork - Amusement - Redactie en Stijl · Socio-cultural adult education · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 1987