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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1939
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Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 2003
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Insurance agents and brokers · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2014
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Lys-Lez-Lannoy · since 2006
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Schoten · since 1982
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1992
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Curacao · since 1996
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Lasne · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Ath · since 2010
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Lys-Lez-Lannoy · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Durbuy · since 2024
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since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Thimister-Clermont · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Kapellen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Kapellen · since 1968
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Brunehaut · since 1987
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1993
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Balen · since 1995
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Real estate agency activities · La Louvière · since 1997
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Demolition · Chièvres · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Geel · since 2020
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Berlaar · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 2025
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Boom · since 2003
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Charleroi · since 1984