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.
“RUDES”
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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La Hulpe · since 1990
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Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of IRLEN CENTRE BELGIUM · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Oostkamp · since 1986
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Glaszetten · since 1983
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tervuren · since 2020
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Other business support services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Arlon · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Torhout · since 2022
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
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Gistel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE UNIVERSELLE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET STRATEGIQUE · Mouscron · since 1998
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Other retail sale of food · since 2009
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Roofing work · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Poperinge · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1998
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1979