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.
“Preventie”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Joost-ten-Node · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Jette · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Jette · since 1941
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Knokke-Heist · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente De Haan · Tourist information services · De Haan · since 1977
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Brasschaat · since 1985
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Activiteiten op het gebied van mondzorg, muv activiteiten van tandartspraktijken · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Geraardsbergen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2002
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2019
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Investigation and private security services · Aiseau-Presles · since 2008
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Computer programming · Willebroek · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 2026
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Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2012
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Westerlo · since 2021
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General medical practice · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Olen · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Stad Nieuwpoort · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Nieuwpoort · since 1968
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Rijkevorsel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Prevent, Instituut voor Preventie en Welzijn op het Werk · Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 1951
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2019
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Paris · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Stad Aarschot · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Aarschot · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Geel · Afvalwaterafvoer · Geel · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1977
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · La Louvière · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ukkel · since 2022
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Other human health activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Turnhout · since 2011
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Vocational training · Evergem · since 2024
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2026
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025