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.
“PATRICK SMESSAERT”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2012
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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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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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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · 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 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lier · since 1978
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 1997
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Other legal services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2022
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Ateljee Donk · Other tax advisory services · Berlare · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Zedelgem · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Dendermonde · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oupeye · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Insurance agents and brokers · Charleroi · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lier · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Activities of building architects · since 1991