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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · PARIS · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Real Estate Development Trust · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE AND INVESTMENT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Overijse · since 2020
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Computer programming · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kontich · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Torhout · since 2022
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Putte · since 2008
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Other business support services · Gistel · since 2025
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Rochefort · since 1989
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2018
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1986
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Destelbergen · since 1988
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Market research and public opinion polling · Aalter · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Abbreviation of RELAIS DE DEVELOPPEMENT DU CONGO · Namur · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2010
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Abbreviation of RENOVATION DE CONSTRUCTION · General construction of residential buildings · Mons · since 2004
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Asse · since 2025
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LUXEMBOURG · since 1997
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Lommel · since 1986
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Fleurus · since 1987
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Other technical testing and analysis · Fleurus · since 1988
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Other information technology and computer services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2014
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Logging · since 2015
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Rochefort · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Fonds tot Behoud en Vernieuwing van de Rederijen Ter Zeevisserij · Oostende · since 1983
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Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Zeevisserij · Oostende · since 2013
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Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Zeevisserij · Oostende · since 2021
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Zeevisserij · Oostende · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SCHREDER · Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 1968
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Zeevisserij · Brugge · since 1968
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Oostende · since 1961
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Name of an establishment of TRANS - NAVAL · Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Oostende · since 1963