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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Support activities for crop production · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2010
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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
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Support activities for crop production · Laarne · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2022
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since 2004
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since 1995
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Event catering · since 2022
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since 2005
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Vervaardiging van cider en andere gefermenteerde vruchtendranken · since 2007
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2008
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since 1986
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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since 1998
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since 2002
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2015
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since 1991
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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since 2026
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since 2005
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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 1999
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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since 1996
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1994
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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since 2001
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since 2013
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since 1997
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1996
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Forging of metal · since 2010
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 2004
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · since 2005
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2017
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Interior design · since 2023
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since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2001
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Roofing work · since 2017