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.
“REscape”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of VromanBouw · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tielt · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Aarschot · since 1988
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Operation of sports facilities · Evergem · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Vorst · since 1991
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ESCAPE'S WORKSHOP · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Holsbeek · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Harelbeke · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · since 2009
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Régie Sportive Communale Autonome Marchoise · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2009
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Mons · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2009
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Andenne · since 2025
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Herk-de-Stad · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2003
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Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 2021
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Vakantieparken · Spa · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ROYALE ENTENTE SPORTIVE COMMUNALE HOUFFALOISE · Football clubs · Houffalize · since 1940
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sankt Vith · since 1983
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Development of residential building projects · Esneux · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schaarbeek · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Royal excelsior sporting club horrues · Operation of sports facilities · Soignies · since 2000
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Groothandel in veevoeders · Tienen · since 2003
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Travel agency activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
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Development of residential building projects · Liège · since 2004
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2007
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Profondeville · since 1974
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Nivelles · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996