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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DAS ESTATE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GERALI · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2023
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since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Proefboren en boren · since 1996
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since 2015
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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Insulation installation · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2015
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since 2021
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since 1970
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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since 1991
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2014
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van telecommunicatie · since 2026
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since 2019
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · since 2017
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since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2019
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Proefboren en boren · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2019
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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since 2015
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since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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since 2008
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since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2026
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since 2017
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since 2016