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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Brakel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Brugge · since 1996
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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · Zoutleeuw · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Gent · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Leuven · since 2026
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 1985
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Harelbeke · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Glabbeek · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2014
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Rucher Ecole de la Vallée de l'Ourthe et Neblon · Somme-Leuze · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Gistel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2020
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Ninove · since 1996