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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 1982
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Groothandel in spijsoliën en -vetten · since 2019
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Erquelinnes · since 1996
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Wavre · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Wijnegem · since 2012
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since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of VAN BESAUW - DOCKX · Other building finishing work · Beerse · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Combined facilities support activities · Tielt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SADOLA COMPANY · Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Syndicat des Avocats pour la Démocratie · Brussel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Bernadette MARION, infirmière et soins à domicile · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Solidarité aide aux démunis · Charleroi · since 2014
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Other postal and courier activities · Ukkel · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Messancy · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ADOK CONSULT · Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Rixensart · since 1988