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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 2001
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Ardooie · since 2014
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other household articles · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Ukkel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2006
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Réaumont · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ETUDE DE REALISATION DE MAINTENANCE ET D'EXPLOITATION · Other construction installation · Caudry · since 1992
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Services Internationaux de Développement Economique · Elsene · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of M&B · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 1962
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Abbreviation of SERVICE INSTALLATION, DEPANNAGE ET ENTREIEN · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Arendonk · since 2007
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since 2026
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Elsene · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wemmel · since 2023
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Wevelgem · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ET D'EXPLOITATION · Wholesale of other household goods · Dinant · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van verf, vernis ed, drukinkt en mastiek · Balen · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Esneux · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lanaken · since 2018
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Roofing work · Zaventem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SYSTEME ISOLATION DEBLAYAGE ETANCHEITE COFFRAGE · Other building finishing work · Brussel · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2024
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since 1999
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE POUR L'INNOVATION ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT · Market research and public opinion polling · La Hulpe · since 1976
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Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2012