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
37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Winnweiler · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of INVARO · Forging of metal · Roeselare · since 2011
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Tourist information services · since 2014
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Schilderen van civieltechnische werken · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2014
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since 2015
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since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudergem · since 2018
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since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 1990
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Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of STK-INVEST · Zele · since 1968
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since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Event catering · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2014
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2018
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Ranst · since 2002
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Distributie van elektriciteit · Elsene · since 2015
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since 1985
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Painting of buildings · Nieuwpoort · since 1978
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Beringen · since 1960
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Freight transport by road · Essen · since 1997
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kalmthout · since 2009
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Diepenbeek · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2004
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Raising of dairy cattle · Wuustwezel · since 2007
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since 1997
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2014
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since 2018
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since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2018
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Nieuwpoort · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2024