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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Hulshout · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2024
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Production of cinema films · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Gent · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Screed work · Courcelles · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Houthulst · since 2025
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2026
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE REGIONALE DE VALORISATION · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Charleroi · since 1983
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Kraainem · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Ans · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 1987
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Enghien · since 1981
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Abbreviation of WATER SOLUTION · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Viroinval · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2015
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Avelgem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Nono Real Estate · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lier · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Moorslede · since 1987
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Wholesale of timber · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002
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Mixed farming · Zoutleeuw · since 2015