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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of interior architects · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
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since 1989
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Landscape service activities · Assenede · since 2021
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Raising of dairy cattle · Lochristi · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Maaltijden Pascal · Event catering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1994
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since 1997
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
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Painting of buildings · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Veterinary services · since 2002
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 2001
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1993
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since 1997
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Other business support services · Wingene · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · since 2010
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since 1993
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2005
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Inland freight water transport · since 2007
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Inland freight water transport · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2000
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since 2002
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since 2010
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2003
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Joinery installation · since 2014
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1991
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Support activities for crop production · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 1984
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2001
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Nursing and midwifery · Zele · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2004
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since 2006
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 1998
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2019
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Other cleaning activities · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Other construction installation · Brugge · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2003
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Site preparation · since 1991
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2018
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since 1994
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Logging · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2007