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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1999
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Elsene · since 1991
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of RAPTOR · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Beernem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Beernem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Maldegem · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Menen · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 1993
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Oud-Turnhout · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Other education · Genk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2024
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Lasne · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2003
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Warehousing and storage · Fleurus · since 2020
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Other business support services · Beringen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2009
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Roeselare · since 2008
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Other cleaning activities · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PROPULSION SYSTEMS · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1983