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.
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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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roeselare · since 1997
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Denderleeuw · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Kampenhout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Association pour une Société écologique Observatoire permanent de l'Environnement association internationale · Brussel · since 1995
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Levallois-Perret · since 2017
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Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of OPEN RETAIL SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Kampenhout · since 2004
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Brugge · since 1988
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Retail sale of antiques · Hoogstraten · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of DHIIC · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1995
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1986
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Leuven · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Courcelles · since 2024
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gent · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MMF COMPANY · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2019