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.
“Paredis, Peter”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Wervik · since 2013
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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General medical practice · Hasselt · since 1998
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Mortsel · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1995
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2015
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1997
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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since 1992
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Plastering work · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · since 1980
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since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2020