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
69 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Opsommer Handel en Vervoer · Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Ieper · since 1970
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1993
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since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2001
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2002
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Operation of sports facilities · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2023
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since 1965
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1996
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since 1998
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Other information service activities · Kontich · since 2008
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2009
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since 2011
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Other educational support services · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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since 2017
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since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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since 1984
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since 2015
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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since 1992
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Kippenkwekerijen · since 1998
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since 2001
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2022
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Cultural education · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Harelbeke · since 2010
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2004
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since 2007
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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since 1999
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2002
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since 2007
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2002
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Plumbing work · since 2011
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Other photographic activities · since 2012
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since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2006
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since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · since 2011
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Brugge · since 2003