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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vorst · since 1981
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Tournai · since 2012
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of STTS · Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Baarle-Hertog · since 2020
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Support activities for animal production · since 1971
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Mixed farming · Alveringem · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sound recording · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2024
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Willebroek · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van geassembleerde parketvloeren · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1989
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Zevenaar · since 2013
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Regionale Omroep Lanaken · Lanaken · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Rollin' Legacy vzw · Kasterlee · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2018
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Profondeville · since 1986
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General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Gent · since 2008
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Sound recording · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1993