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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Wavre · since 2017
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Risk and damage evaluation · De Haan · since 1997
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1978
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SCHRAUWEN · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kalmthout · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2000
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Specialist medical practice · since 1989
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Inland freight water transport · since 2026
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since 1989
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Other business support services · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1989
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since 2014
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Computer programming · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 1982
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1995
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2015
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since 1996
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Event catering · since 1987
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Physiotherapy · since 1992
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since 2022
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since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · since 2004
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2026
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since 1996
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 1997
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Painting of buildings · since 2012
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 1993
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1986
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since 2023
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since 1986
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since 1994
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since 1998
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since 1998
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Logistics services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 1983
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Other personal services · since 2009
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since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BOD'ART DE LA FRITE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beauraing · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Other education · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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since 1980
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since 1991
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since 1982
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2025