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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Diest · since 2022
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Houffalize · since 2015
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Jette · since 1982
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Luxembourg 1882 · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2015
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Beringen · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2009
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Construction of roads and motorways · Zele · since 2023
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Roofing work · Turnhout · since 2000
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Plombières · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Anzinoise de Maintenance Industrielle · Anzin · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Société d'Application et de Montage Industriel · Paris · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of SOS MEDECINS · General medical practice · Brussel · since 1983
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Herentals · since 1990
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 1996
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Boussu · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lessines · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aalst · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Vosselaar · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2008
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
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Namur · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2021