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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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Nandrin · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Oosterzele · since 1983
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Psychology services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Parkour & Freerunning Academy Waasland · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 2025
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of PARKING OUDAEN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2023
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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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Other information service activities · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of XL-Care · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Gavere · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Kapellen · since 2023
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DRONTEN · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Woonondersteuning Vlaanderen · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Gavere · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of HYGEA · Andere afvalverwijdering · Mons · since 2011
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Leuven · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Temse · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2000
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Ternat · since 2011
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Kortrijk · since 2024
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Boom · since 2003