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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2019
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Kapellen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Kapellen · since 1968
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Temse · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2000
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
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Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Ternat · since 2011
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Kortrijk · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 2025
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Royal Park Tennis Club Brasschaat · Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Brasschaat · since 1955
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Name of an establishment of FLAMINGO EVENTS · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of ITNERA · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2009
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · since 2004
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Schilde · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zaventem · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Boom · since 2003
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021