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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Activities of lawyers · Merchtem · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1994
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Lummen · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Site preparation · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tessenderlo · since 2016
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Trade name of YASMINA · Cafés and bars · since 2007
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · Enghien · since 2008
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Retail sale of household furniture · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hasselt · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 1983
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Other education · since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 1973
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Teelt van andere eenjarige gewassen, n.e.g. · Enghien · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 1996
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2011
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2008
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2017
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since 1965
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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since 2020
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since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2025
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026