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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1991
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Wommelgem · since 1988
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 2005
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Translation services · since 2025
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Other education · since 2021
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since 2019
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Other education · since 2021
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Reparatie en onderhoud van motorfietsen · since 2026
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of RBP · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ingelmunster · since 2024
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Ranst · since 1996
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Activities of building architects · since 1996
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Other education · since 2026
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since 2024
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Web portal activities · since 2025
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Translation services · since 2021