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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.
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- 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.
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- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DERBY LADIES · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Amsterdam · since 2022
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2008
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since 2018
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Deinze · since 1987
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Grevenbroich · since 2013
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Wholesale of timber · Menen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of RAMSES INTUITIVE PRODUCTIONS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Roeselare · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Hooglede · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Rest in Peace · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Régie internationale de Presse et de Publicité universitaire · Brussel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of SOCIAAL-CULTURELE VORMINGSWERKEN RIPO · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Hasselt · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Koekelare · since 1998
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Raeren · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Bredene · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Oostkamp · since 2010
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Abbreviation of LA COMPAGNIE DE RIPAIN · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Other retail sale of food · since 2019
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Diepenbeek · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Diksmuide · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VANDENDRIESSCHE · Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1981