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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Putte · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 1984
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Event catering · Kasterlee · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Alken · since 1989
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Beerse · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · Lummen · since 2014
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Painting of buildings · since 1988
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Roofing work · Haacht · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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General medical practice · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · since 1996
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Other cleaning activities · since 2021
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since 1993
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since 2023
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Geel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Removal services · Temse · since 2002
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Mixed farming · Wanze · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1971
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since 2026
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Other education · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 2002
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since 2003
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since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2005
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General medical practice · since 1978
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Other building finishing work · since 2010
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since 1976
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since 2024
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General medical practice · since 2013
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Plumbing work · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1997
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Other education · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2000
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Physiotherapy · since 2001
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Glabbeek · since 1998
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Essen · since 1988
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Drukken van dagbladen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1992
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Site preparation · Beringen · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · Boortmeerbeek · since 2005
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Mixed farming · Essen · since 2008
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 2001
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Trade name of DA VINCI PAINTING · Other building finishing work · since 2016