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.
“PROTILE”
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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Floor and wall tiling · Laakdal · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2019
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Hasselt · since 2020
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Floor and wall tiling · Zaventem · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Brussel · since 1991
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vorst · since 1996
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of HABAY ROAD SERVICES · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Habay · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1987
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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DONGEN · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · Ukkel · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Plastering work · Beringen · since 2009
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2014
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Protint 9000 · Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Evergem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 2016
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2023
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Other construction installation · Ath · since 1998
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Floor and wall tiling · Leopoldsburg · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
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Dental practice · Liège · since 2003
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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since 2011