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.
“Praet, Eric”
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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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2002
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since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wommelgem · since 1995
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Asse · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Nieuw-Namen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1995
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2005
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · Laarne · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2009
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since 1987
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since 1994
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since 2004
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Other financial services · since 1992
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since 1971
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Other construction installation · since 1992
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1984
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2017
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Pet boarding · since 2023
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General medical practice · since 1985
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since 2002
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since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Dinant · since 2003
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Other building finishing work · since 2003
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2005