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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of PRODUCTION OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION EVENTS · Market research and public opinion polling · Herent · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Zoersel · since 2004
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Brussel · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Floor and wall tiling · Thuin · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Produits de Viandes et Conserves · Gent · since 1955
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Tienen · since 2013
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Sint-Truiden · since 1987
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Roeselare · since 1996
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of AGUNA · Other business support services · Tielt · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Lede · since 2015
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PPR · Buying and selling of own real estate · Overijse · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Vielsalm · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PROVIDENTIA PARTNERS · Wommelgem · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1989
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Genk · since 1996
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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Vocational training · since 2004
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Plombières · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches pour la Promotion du Vietnam · Koekelberg · since 1992
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Kippenkwekerijen · Vorselaar · since 1998
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ardooie · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Hulshout · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Softwash Belgium · General cleaning of buildings · Leuven · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2022
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Zonhoven · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Poperinge · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Haaltert · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Promotion d'une Vie de Qualité · Brussel · since 1983
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Ittre · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in werkkleding · Chièvres · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2021
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Roofing work · Berlaar · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van industriële gassen · Hemiksem · since 2012
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Pepinster · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1973
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Elsene · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Pro-Openbaar Vervoer · Antwerpen · since 1982