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.
“ROBERT BOSCH”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Gerlinden · since 1976
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Anderlecht · since 1980
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ST OUEN · since 2002
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HOOFDDORP · since 1994
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SAINTOUEN CEDEX · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Tienen · since 1970
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Waremme · since 1989
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Activities of bailiffs · Ukkel · since 1989
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Sambreville · since 1998
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Pont-à-Celles · since 2002
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2020
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Wervik · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2025
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Westerlo · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Lubbeek · since 2012
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Site preparation · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2011
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1971
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1982
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Construction of roads and motorways · Manhay · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of Le Musée du Kitsch · Retail sale of antiques · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1988
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Maastricht · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Other retail sale of new goods · Gerpinnes · since 2010
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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since 2014
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2015
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Event catering · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Deinze · since 1965
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Joinery installation · Villers-la-Ville · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Temse · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022