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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Blégny · since 2010
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Kinshasa · since 2000
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Other building finishing work · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Zuienkerke · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Waterloo · since 2002
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Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Other education · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1968
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Liège · since 1972
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Gavere · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of NIEUWE WASSERIJ PERFECTA · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Brecht · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ramillies · since 2000
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CHARLOTTE TRENKER DESIGN · Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2021
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Interior design · Malle · since 2023
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Evere · since 2012
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since 1983
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Persca shop · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gent · since 2021
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schoten · since 2007
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Other education · since 2015
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Computer programming · Ninove · since 2016
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2019
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Other software publishing · Blankenberge · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2011
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Interior design · since 2007
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Media representation · Elsene · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Liège · since 1968
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Detailhandel in boeken · Liège · since 2021