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.
“OBAL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roeselare · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2023
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of OVERNAMEBEMIDDELING & ADVIES · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1997
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Tubize · since 2019
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Construction of roads and motorways · Zele · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2003
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Abbreviation of OudleerlingenBond Schoolgemeenschap Koninklijk Atheneum te Keersbergen · Keerbergen · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Organisatie van Belgische Assistenten Oftalmologie, Organisation belge des Assistants en Ophtalmologie · Other educational support services · Brussel · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2013
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Abbreviation of OBA Management · Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Oostendse Biljartacademie support · Activities of other sports clubs · Oostende · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BIRKIN · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2018
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Dental practice · Leuven · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Putte · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1996
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Podiatry and foot care · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Deinze · since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Bornem · since 2002
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ukkel · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1994
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Other education · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Bertem · since 2020
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Name of NullPointer · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Site preparation · Wellen · since 2007
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Mechelen · since 2017
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Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Ieper · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Organisation bénévole d'Art et Technique · Oudergem · since 1972
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General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 2017
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GLOBAL MEUBELEN · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1975