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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2001
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Société de Verrerie industrielle et scientifique · La Ferte-sous-Jouarre · since 1979
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since 1977
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE VEHICULES INDUSTRIELS ET AUTOMOBILES · KINSHASA · since 2006
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Gent · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Linkebeek · since 2011
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Torhout · since 2012
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Nursing and midwifery · Aalter · since 2024
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Floreffe · since 1990
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Quiévrain · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Apollo · General electrical installation work · Deinze · since 2014
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · La Bruyère · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Pecq · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Willebroek · since 2020
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Turnhout · since 1989
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Wavre · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2021
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2006
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Herentals · since 2018
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 2024
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1973
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Abbreviation of SOUND AND VISION PROCESSING · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1981