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
44 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
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Zutendaal · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BMRO · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Gent · since 2009
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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Insulation installation · Deinze · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1992
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2006
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2013
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Computer programming · since 2023
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since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Damme · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Floor and wall tiling · Deinze · since 2003
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Sports and recreation education · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Torhout · since 1972
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herve · since 2021
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since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1987
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since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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since 1989
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Veterinary services · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1997
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since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Staden · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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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Cultural education · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2026
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since 1994
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since 1993
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Damme · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Lanaken · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ROUSSEAU GERIATRIC · Mons · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Roofing work · Lebbeke · since 2008
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Dilbeek · since 1993