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.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Hemiksem · since 2008
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2020
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Gieten van andere non-ferrometalen · Fleurus · since 1968
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brecht · since 1986
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Tubize · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Asse · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VIERENDEELS-TERRIJN · Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Pepingen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of NEVER CLOSED OOSTKAMP · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostkamp · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Book publishing · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BYT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Hulp, Opvang en Ondersteuning bij Problemen · Mechelen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Mol · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Other human health activities · Aalst · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MS BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020