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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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Leuven · since 2007
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Materials recovery from waste · Pecq · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of head offices · Kinrooi · since 2026
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Kalmthout · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021