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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Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1993
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Zulte · since 2014
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Gent · since 1968
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Brugge · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2026
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Manufacture of outerwear · Ronse · since 1976
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Ittre · since 1993
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Balen · since 1995
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Machining of metals · Kortemark · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1987
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lokeren · since 1990
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oostende · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Recht op Verdediging voor dier en natuur · Hasselt · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ROVER project · Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Aalst · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hulshout · since 2025
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Schelle · since 1989
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Hoogstraten · since 1992
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Buggenhout · since 2024
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 2002