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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2022
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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 22 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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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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Support activities for crop production · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2017
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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 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2000
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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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Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2001