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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · since 2008
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since 2022
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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
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2011
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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since 2013
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2015
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since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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since 2026
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Tyre services · since 1996
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Literary creation · since 2023
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since 2010
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since 2012
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2023
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2013
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 2015
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since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2015
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2021
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 1997
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since 2022
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since 2023
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since 2008
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since 2008
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2015
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Book publishing · since 2017
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Support activities for crop production · since 2012
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since 2019
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Other photographic activities · Jodoigne · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2013
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2015
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery