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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Spa · since 2016
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Namur · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Floor and wall tiling
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Oosterzele · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Rumes · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Psychosociaal Ambulant Revalidatiecentrum gericht op Ontwikkeling en Rehabilitatie · Andere ambulante revalidatieactiviteiten · Dendermonde · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 2004
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Abbreviation of PROPERTIES AND ARTS COMPANY · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Patrimoine et accueil religieux Crupétois · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Assesse · since 2016
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General medical practice · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Protéger - Apprendre - Responsabiliser - Conduire · Pecq · since 2006
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Abbreviation of MAXIMIZE · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Ukkel · since 1992
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Ukkel · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Gembloux · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2001
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Parijs · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · Duffel · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Lasne · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Par coeur asbl · Other membership organisations · Orp-Jauche · since 2023
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Gent · since 2008
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Other education · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Parce Art · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Schaarbeek · since 1990