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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of SOCIAAL EN FISKAAL ADVIESBUREEL · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Development of residential building projects · Ittre · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herve · since 1982
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Société des Auteurs Photographes - Fotoauteurs - Maatschappij · Elsene · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Multimedia Maatschappij van de Auteurs van de Visuele Kunsten · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 1979
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Molsheim · since 1982
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Tienen · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Aalter · since 2013
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Elsene · since 2013
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 1991
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Wholesale of other household goods · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genappe · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Sociaal en Familiaal Toerisme · Vakantieparken · Blankenberge · since 1955
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Mettet · since 1984
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Investigation and private security services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FAMILIALE MICHAUX · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mons · since 1993
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Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · Saint-Nicolas · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Crisnée · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE, FEMMES, AFRIQUE ET DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoeilaart · since 2025
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Other legal services · Boutersem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VZW Six On Fire · Vosselaar · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sons Of Flanders · Lievegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Spirit of Freedom · Gent · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Brussel · since 1971
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Koksijde · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DES FORGES ET ACIERIES · Villeurbanne · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Wavre · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Gent · since 2014
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Other education · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Neupré · since 2017
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Tournai · since 2008
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Support activities for crop production · Ath · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wetteren · since 2006
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Evere · since 2015