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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Manhay · since 1998
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Bonheiden · since 2011
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Wholesale of machine tools · Waterloo · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of HUIS LEONA · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Herent · since 1991
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Nijlen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of PROMOTIEPROJECT - TENNIS · Beringen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PROPRETE DES TROTTOIRS ET ENTRETIEN DES JARDINS · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brugge · since 2002
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since 2001
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Inland freight water transport · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Zeist · since 2022
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Rijkevorsel · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2010
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Ronse · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Herstal · since 2004
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Charleroi · since 2007
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Zundert · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Auhreum · Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2013
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Insulation installation · Colfontaine · since 2013
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Other business support services · Schelle · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Houyet · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Schoten · since 2022
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Balen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Pro-Tech Energie · Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of PROTECH EUROPE · Wholesale of other food products · Fleurus · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2006
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Maasmechelen · since 2006
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Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PROTENEUROPE NEUF BONNIERS · Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Huy · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · Zottegem · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Wevelgem · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Bertrix · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of HARVICCO · Roofing work · Ternat · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1998
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Evere · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Tyre services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Evere · since 2019
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Combined facilities support activities · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Dental practice · Namur · since 2022
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Lille · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 1989
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2011