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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Huy · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Participation et Coopération au Transport · Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · Namur · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Ardooie · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Lennik · since 1994
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Boom · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1991
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Aalter · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Laakdal · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Project Automation Consulting Ogloza · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Donceel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Erpe-Mere · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Patriote Congolais · Huntersville · since 2006
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Damme · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of AXEL · Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Opleidingscentrum voor Pasteibakkers-Confiseurs. Bakkers Gemengde Bedryven en Aanverwante Beroepen · Gent · since 1959
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Real estate agency activities · Bertem · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genappe · since 2005
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES DE RETINNE · Fléron · since 1970
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE PERFECTA · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of PATRICK'S AMERICAN CARS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of PUBLISHING-ADVERTISING-CONSULTING · Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of POPULIERENHOF ADVISING AND CONSULTING · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Nieuwpoort · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Présence et Action culturelles · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1994
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Abbreviation of LES PROFESSIONNELS AFRICAINS DE LACOMPTABILITE · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES - Régionale VERVIETOISE · Verviers · since 2000
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES SPA · Spa · since 2002
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Advertising agencies
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Other specialised construction activities · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Psychologenkring Antwerpen Centrum · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of StVicAnt Hoboken OLV Geboorte · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of PETIT ABATTOIR COOPERATIF · Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Namur · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PROTECT AND CARE · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Plasmajet Advanced Coatings · Coating of metals · Lummen · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Lievegem · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of PACOWIN · General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Participation et Cohésion Sociale en Belgique · Charleroi · since 2026
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1993