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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Safah company · Hairdressing and barber services · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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Manage · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lebbeke · since 2022
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2021
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2026
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Other postal and courier activities · Temse · since 2020
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Tubize · since 2024
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Site preparation · Halen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Koekelberg · since 2025
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Floor and wall tiling · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Liège · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2022
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2024
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Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Schilde · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Incourt · since 2025
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Trade name of SB COMPANY VOF · Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Saint-Ghislain · since 2009
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Dental practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Bemiddeling in verband met verhuur en leasing van auto’s, campers en aanhangwagens · Zaventem · since 2025
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evere · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2016
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Other postal and courier activities · Turnhout · since 2025
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Lokeren · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2020
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Berlare · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brecht · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Tienen · since 2022
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since 2020
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Other building finishing work · Zelzate · since 2022