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.
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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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hasselt · since 2010
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Other technical testing and analysis · Begijnendijk · since 2013
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Rochefort · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of GROEP GODTS · Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1998
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Risk and damage evaluation · De Haan · since 1997
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1978
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Menen · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SCHRAUWEN · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kalmthout · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Brugge · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van verdelgingsmiddelen, ontsmettingsmiddelen en andere chemische producten voor de landbouw · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Erpe-Mere · since 2008
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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Dental practice · Hannut · since 2001
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2011
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Other education · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Zulte · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2008
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Other education · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2002
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · Eeklo · since 2019
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Tourist information services · since 2013
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Beauvechain · since 1991
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2021