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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geel · since 2007
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Wemmel · since 2023
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Evere · since 2012
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Waterloo · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Kinshasa · since 2000
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Other building finishing work · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Zuienkerke · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Ciney · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Esneux · since 2004
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since 2002
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Interior design · since 2013
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2024
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Waregem · since 2010
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1968
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Liège · since 1972
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Gavere · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of NIEUWE WASSERIJ PERFECTA · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Brecht · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ramillies · since 2000
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Interior design · Malle · since 2023
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Blégny · since 2011
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since 1983
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2005
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Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1988
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1997
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Screed work · since 2010
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Other education · since 2015
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2019
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Other software publishing · Blankenberge · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of MORN · Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2011
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Haaltert · since 2019
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Plastering work · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · General cleaning of buildings · Moorslede · since 1997
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Other education · since 2013
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Plumbing work · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Fitness centres · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2019
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Other education · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Niel · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Liège · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1987
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Plumbing work · since 2019