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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Proost, Mathis”

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.

  • Sole trader same name
    Landscape service activities · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2019
  • Proost very similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Brecht · since 1987
  • PROOST very similar
    Activities of interior architects · Aalter · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 1988
  • PROOST very similar
    Event catering · Kasterlee · since 2015
  • PROOST very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Zemst · since 2020
  • PROOST very similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2021
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 1993
  • Proost Marc similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Lille · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025

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