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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostende · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Maaltijden Pascal · Event catering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GEVARO · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2001
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Painting of buildings · since 1995
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Koksijde · since 2019
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Logging · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · since 1994
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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since 2003
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since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Mechelen · since 1998
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Namur · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1984
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Activities of lawyers · Genk · since 2023
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since 1993
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since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 1992
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · since 2022
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Dental practice · since 1994
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Specialist medical practice · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2005
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Forging of metal · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1994
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since 2012
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Site preparation · since 2018
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since 1996
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Activities of building architects · since 1998
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1979
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 1994
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since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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since 1973
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Mixed farming · since 2003
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Event catering · since 2006
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since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Raising of other animals · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026