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
20 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 · Diest · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Patrimoine de Schaerbeek · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zulte · since 1996
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Luxembourg · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Malle · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 1956
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Charleroi · since 1979
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Brugge · since 1986
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Zonhoven · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Seneffe · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1994
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Destelbergen · since 1996
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Gent · since 2015
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of PATRIMONIUMFONDS · Brugge · since 2006
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Maaseik · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Namur · since 1921
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1926
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Financiële lease · Elsene · since 1929
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1957
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Other business support services · Ieper · since 1927
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Laarne · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Lasne · since 1993
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Maldegem · since 1994
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PATRI-ONE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Mons · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Waterloo · since 1984
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Blégny · since 1992
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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since 1979
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Verviers · since 1956
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION CONSULTANTS · Advertising agencies · Lint · since 1987
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Haacht · since 1991
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Aalst · since 1992
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Abbreviation of PATRIMONIALE FAMILIALE · Soumagne · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Kruisem · since 2004
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Other information service activities · Zoersel · since 2026
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Assesse · since 2013