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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Meise · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Marchin · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Mouscron · since 2020
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 1996
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Mortsel · since 1985
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2015
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2020
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since 1978
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of INTERNATIONAL - CASH · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vorst · since 1981
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nursing and midwifery · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · since 2025
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Fitness centres · Brugge · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of L'EQUIPE · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Anderlecht · since 1963
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Herve · since 1991
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Other information technology and computer services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Tielt · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2014
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Meise · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Vervaardiging dakpannen, tegels en andere producten voor de bouw, van gebakken klei · Châtelet · since 1945
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Vervaardiging dakpannen, tegels en andere producten voor de bouw, van gebakken klei · Châtelet · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · since 2002
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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Ardooie · since 2009