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.
“Patrick Mattys”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lint · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Risk and damage evaluation · De Haan · since 1997
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1978
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Menen · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SCHRAUWEN · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kalmthout · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Teelt van tropisch en subtropisch fruit · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Other education · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Kapellen · since 2000
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Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of 2nd PART · Productie van televisiefilms · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Zulte · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Modave · since 2013
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oupeye · since 1999
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 1993
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Psychology services · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Eeklo · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Incourt · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2023
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2007