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
64 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Wichelen · since 1992
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Computer programming · Gavere · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Plumbing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Gent · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 1966
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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since 2024
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since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 1980
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2026
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since 1994
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1980
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2005
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Westerlo · since 2022
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Edegem · since 1995
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1982
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2019
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since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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since 1993
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2021
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since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Site preparation · Stekene · since 2023
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since 2004
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
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since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Waasmunster · since 1981
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 1991
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Activities of building architects · since 1990
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since 1995
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since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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since 1989
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Verzamelen van in het wild groeiende producten met uitzondering van hout · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2005
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Growing of flowers · Oosterzele · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Media representation · since 2024
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Veterinary services · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2002
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1998
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022