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.
“PHILIP”
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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2000
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SIGNIFY PROPERTIES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Asse · since 1988
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Other business support services · Assenede · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EVENT RS · Cafés and bars · Binche · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements V. Philippe · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ans · since 1978
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Beauvais · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of PHIDECA · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Gent · since 1990
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1995
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
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Veterinary services · Quaregnon · since 2004
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Other retail sale of food · since 2004
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Specialist medical practice · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herve · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lede · since 1999
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Spa · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Brecht · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Kontich · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Nijlen · since 2020
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 1992
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Duffel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Zonhoven · since 2008
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of L'Economie Populaire · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ciney · since 1919
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Name of an establishment of P. Gysels · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Schoten · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · La Hulpe · since 2017
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Houffalize · since 1984
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 2001
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since 1991
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Beernem · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Hubert · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Grobbendonk · since 2020
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since 2020
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Plumbing work · since 2000
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Sports and recreation education · Namur · since 2023
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since 1983
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Dinant · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2012
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Brussel · since 2005
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Zoersel · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024