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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 1988
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Jette · since 2000
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Mol · since 2018
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Brussel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Maaseik · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Mechelen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Full-service restaurants · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Trade name of DAGBLADHANDEL LAURISA · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Vorselaar · since 2010
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Kontich · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
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Other business support services · since 1986
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · since 1990
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since 2011
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Vorst · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of W. DECLERCQ - DE RYCKE · Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 1981
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of DE NIEUWE BEURS · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2003
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Plastering work · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LIEWIE · Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1993
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
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Trade name of Alro Food · Event catering · Lier · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Mortsel · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Lievegem · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2023
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Other business support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
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Materials recovery from waste · Dendermonde · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Oudenaarde · since 2004
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Pajottegem · since 2023
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1977
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Namur · since 2011
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2010