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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2023
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2021
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Wuustwezel · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2004
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Jette · since 2000
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Lievegem · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Mechelen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Roofing work · since 2020
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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since 2006
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since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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Translation services · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2026
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1977
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since 1996
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Other construction installation · since 2021
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dentergem · since 2001
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1982
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Kursenai · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Gent · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Pajottegem · since 1997
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Ieper · since 2000
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2022
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Dental practice · Ranst · since 2022
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Estaimpuis · since 2007
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Arlon · since 2008
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2023
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Retail sale of bicycles · Deinze · since 2024
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Edegem · since 1976
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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of P. PETRE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Rotselaar · since 1992
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Anderlecht · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Temse · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Vorst · since 1994