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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Harelbeke · since 2012
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since 1984
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2017
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Belgian Platform Rider Association · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Schilde · since 2005
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Nijlen · since 2010
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Other building finishing work · since 1997
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Tielt · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Veterinary services · Geraardsbergen · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Herenthout · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Flémalle · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Peeters Renovatie Advies Services · Hasselt · since 2008