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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Materials recovery from waste · Zaventem · since 2000
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Bree · since 2017
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1982
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2014
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Tremelo · since 1973
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Waregem · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Wommelgem · since 2018
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Combined facilities support activities · Zele · since 1991
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 2025
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Morlanwelz · since 1991
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Manufacture of other wood products · Mechelen · since 2022
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2010
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Materials recovery from waste · Wavre · since 2026
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025