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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Web portal activities · Waasmunster · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Present, Caritas Vrijwilligerswerk · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of PAULUSSEN - JANSSENS · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Hoogstraten · since 1998
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Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2000
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Travel agency activities · Blankenberge · since 2000
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Kinshasa · since 2000
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Other building finishing work · since 1998
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gent · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Zuienkerke · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kortenberg · since 2011
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of WEES GEVOEGD · Other building finishing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Wholesale of other household goods · Ohey · since 1995
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Hannut · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · Zaventem · since 2025