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.
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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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Soignies · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kruisem · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Popote & Bricote asbl · Grez-Doiceau · since 2011
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Brussel · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Observation belge des Reptiles et des Amphibiens - Belgisch Centrum voor Observatie van Reptielen en Amfibieën · Elsene · since 1975
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Abbreviation of West-Vlaams Opleidingscentrum voor Brandweer, Reddings- en Ambulancediensten · Vocational training · Zedelgem · since 1975
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DU BRACELET · Besancon · since 1982
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Kalmthout · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Grez-Doiceau · since 1984
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Site preparation · Sambreville · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Boechout · since 1990
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Binche · since 1993
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Elsene · since 1993
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Specialist medical practice · Chiny · since 2001
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of OLD TRAFFORD · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of NOBRESART REALISATIONS & AMENAGEMENTS · Arlon · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Vorst · since 2016
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Berlare · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Oostkamp · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring Brandweer Hoogstraten · Hoogstraten · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Baelen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Cobra Events · Hamoir · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of JDP Hekwerken · Development of residential building projects · Balen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Abbreviation of IGS Cultuurregio Oost-Brabant · Aarschot · since 2026
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Oostrozebeke · since 1985
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Diest · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Kring van de Oost-Brabantse Reanimatoren en Anaesthesiologen · Tienen · since 1996
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Herzele · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herzele · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Eeklo · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Eeklo · since 1968
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Fitness centres · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Zedelgem · since 2019