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.
“OVERDRIVE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2001
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Other education · since 2023
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GOND-PONTOUVRE · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Geel · since 2022
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Football clubs · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lennik · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Deerlijk · since 2023
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Other sports activities · Geel · since 2026
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Fitness centres · Geel · since 2025
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Fitness centres · Geel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2023
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Erpe-Mere · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2009
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2026
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Ganshoren · since 1959
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 1998
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Waremme · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Book publishing · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Deinze · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Atletiekklub Overijse · Overijse · since 1984