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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Literary creation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DAS ESTATE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GERALI · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · since 2008
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since 2009
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2010
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since 2013
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since 1993
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2026
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since 2009
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Land surveying · since 1991
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2007
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since 2026
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Site preparation · since 2013