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
62 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Laarne · since 1968
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Wholesale of machine tools · Waregem · since 1990
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Hasselt · since 1997
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Construction of roads and motorways · Gistel · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · since 2015
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lochristi · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Berlare · since 2005
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Support activities for crop production · Laarne · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2015
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since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2024
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brugge · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Lichtervelde · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Torhout · since 1999
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Inland freight water transport · since 1986
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Support activities for animal production · since 1979
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1994
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since 2026
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1987
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1993
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1995
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
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since 2000
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since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1998
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Operation of fairground attractions · Genk · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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since 1968
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since 1981
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Joinery installation · since 2003
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since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Insulation installation · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · Wellen · since 2017
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Translation services · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2001
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Other education · since 2018