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.
“PIETIE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Lievegem · since 2017
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Interior design · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2022
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Operation of fairground attractions · Maasmechelen · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2010
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Rotselaar · since 1988
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Kraainem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · Dessel · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2022
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Demolition · Boechout · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Asse · since 2001
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · since 2017
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Schilde · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Torhout · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Malmedy · since 2021
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Other printing · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2010
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wervik · since 2023