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
46 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2002
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Physiotherapy · Aarschot · since 2012
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of MILVIC · Site preparation · Ichtegem · since 2015
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Zele · since 1972
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Freight transport by road · Laarne · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 1994
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Activities of head offices · Geraardsbergen · since 2015
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Other education · Gent · since 1954
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Activities of holding companies · Kluisbergen · since 2004
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2013
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since 1985
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since 1993
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Tourist information services · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2023
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Other education · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2009
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since 1998
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since 1975
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since 1991
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Physiotherapy · Beersel · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026
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Winning van zand · Lubbeek · since 1982
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ADVOCATENKANTOOR ROELANDS · Activities of lawyers · Grobbendonk · since 2004
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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since 2002
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Other cleaning activities · since 2023
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2023
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since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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since 2004
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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since 2024
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Interior design · since 2025
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1976
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1996
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1971
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since 1988
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2019
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Plastering work · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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Other business support services · Zottegem · since 2020
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since 2022
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2012
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since 2001
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Other education · since 2007
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Bouw van rioleringen · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2022