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.
“Prato”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Lebbeke · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2018
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Bocholt · since 1985
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Destelbergen · since 1987
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Other sports activities · Aywaille · since 1991
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Tienen · since 1991
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Mouscron · since 2012
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Other retail sale of food · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Rumst · since 2017
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Other education · Torhout · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Oud-Heverlee · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2024
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Other business support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2002
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Harelbeke · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Belgian Platform Rider Association · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Putte · since 1993
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rumst · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Rattenbestrijding Oost-Vlaanderen · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 1997
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Flémalle · since 2020