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.
“Nelson Devos”
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) · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ROMON · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 1983
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Silly · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Zoersel · since 2025
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Roeselare · since 2025
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Middelkerke · since 1995
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of NELSON DATA TRANSMISSION and PROCESSING · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Waterloo · since 1989
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Steenokkerzeel · since 2024
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Logistics services · Gent · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Tournai · since 2004
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Physiotherapy · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016