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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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwalm · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Maaltijden Pascal · Event catering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Inland freight water transport · since 2000
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of MTM · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Other construction installation · since 2024
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since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2024
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalst · since 1992
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2020