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.
“PHILANDRA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Bonheiden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of A.P.I. GREETINGS · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Namur · since 1989
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Activities of interior architects · Bièvre · since 1997
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Ledegem · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1982
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2019
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Dental practice · since 2022
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Herve · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Seneffe · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2026
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Ramillies · since 1996
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Interior design · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1997
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since 1982