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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Lievegem · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Roeselare · since 1989
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1969
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Esch sur Alzette · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Waterloo · since 1990
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Support activities for crop production · Westerlo · since 1992
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Comines-Warneton · since 1993
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Freight transport by road · Grobbendonk · since 1995
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Freight transport by road · Charleroi · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · Hamoir · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ARKIUS CONSULTING SCS · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Perwez · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Générale de Travaux · Oudergem · since 1960
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Support activities for crop production · Seneffe · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Recuperatie- en Transportmaatschappij · Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 1979
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Nijlen · since 1988
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wommelgem · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Zug · since 2016
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since 1978
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Lasne · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · since 1986
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General electrical installation work · Gingelom · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Lubbeek · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Lessines · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Oudergem · since 1973