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.
“SANDMAN”
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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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Leuven · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Veurne · since 2016
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Other specialised design activities · Anzegem · since 2013
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Enghien · since 2017
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Plumbing work · Vosselaar · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2017
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Charleroi · since 2005
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Anderlecht · since 2026
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Genk · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Schilde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Supplies for Animals in Need · Mol · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Studio des Arts Numériques · Visual arts creation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beerse · since 2002
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Rebecq · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · La Louvière · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wavre · since 1983
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Oostende · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BRANDALL · Graphic design and visual communication · Brakel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Blankenberge · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1978
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Keerbergen · since 1985
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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since 1988
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Office administrative and support services · Aalst · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · Edegem · since 1998
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since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Liedekerke · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lessines · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Literary creation · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Computer programming · Beersel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2025
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Blankenberge · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of A.R.E. TECHNOLOGY · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Antwerpen · since 2018