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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2001
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 1996
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2009
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Other specialised construction activities · Affligem · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Hooglede · since 2020
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap · Kortrijk · since 2001
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · since 1986
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Lommel · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2006