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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Pont-à-Celles · since 2010
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Logging · since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2005
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Sound recording · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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since 1983
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of IMMOBILIERE SEDEWA · Site preparation · Sivry-Rance · since 1990
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2008
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since 2026
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Harelbeke · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 2012
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2015
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1990
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Other business support services · since 2023
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since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Zemst · since 1986
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2003
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General medical practice · Wavre · since 2005
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Charmeil (Escurolles) · since 1982
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Herent · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ETUDES ET REALISATIONS DE MONTAGES INDUSTRIELS · Masny · since 1981
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Linköping · since 2004
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Elsene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Forum for Access to Security-Related Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Information · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024