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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Nevens, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1986
  • Sole trader same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Literary creation · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2002
  • Sole trader very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1995
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1988
  • Sole trader very similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1999
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2011
  • NEVENS very similar
    Other building finishing work · Middelkerke · since 2023
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1995
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    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1992
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    Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 1993
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    Retail sale of other household articles · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1994
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    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2017
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    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2003
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    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1989
  • Plumbing work · Wevelgem · since 2001
  • General construction of residential buildings · Dendermonde · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Vocational training · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1985
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    Photography, excluding press photography · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2016
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    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2025
  • Risk and damage evaluation · Buggenhout · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Insulation installation · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1982
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2016

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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