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.
“Peter Linmans”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Peer · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hove · since 2018
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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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 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2013
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Maaseik · since 2000
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Painting of buildings · Brecht · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of PROBUILDING · General construction of residential buildings · Temse · since 2001
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2022
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Herselt · since 1983
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Physiotherapy · Ieper · since 2019
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2010
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2004
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015