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.
“Overthrive”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Landscape service activities · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2016
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Thrive Training & Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Herzele · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Transforming Health, Resilience, Inclusion and Vital Education · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Waremme · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Atletiekklub Overijse · Overijse · since 1984