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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2026
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Beerse · since 1984
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of Merra · Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Temse · since 1968
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Other sports activities · Kortemark · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of KUNST-PLUS · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 1996
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Retail sale of bicycles · Moorslede · since 1998
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Support activities for crop production · De Haan · since 2008
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Activities of notaries · Roeselare · since 2025
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since 2015
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Baarle Nassau · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Vosselaar · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Ternat · since 1970
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Wavre · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Landscape service activities · since 1990
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Event catering · since 1999
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Other business support services · since 2016
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2016
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since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2021
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Harelbeke · since 1966
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Tremelo · since 1998
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1979
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Landscape service activities · since 1983
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Mixed farming · since 1977
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Recht Op Een Leven · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Aalst · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1992
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1976
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1989
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · since 2026
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since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 2021
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Other education · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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since 2007