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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · Beernem · since 2022
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Tourist information services · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Plumbing work · Lokeren · since 1995
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Operation of fairground attractions · Malle · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Kortrijk · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Lede · since 2025
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Plastering work · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
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since 2005
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since 2017
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Andere vervoerondersteunende activiteiten · since 2007
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Support activities for crop production · since 2003
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since 1974
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2009
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since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1991
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since 1989
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Activities of building architects · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1988
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 1996
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2000
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Specialist medical practice · since 1963
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lichtervelde · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1985
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Demolition · Maldegem · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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since 1992
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Plastering work · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · since 1987
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2010
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since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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since 2002