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
66 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Harelbeke · since 1975
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Plumbing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Tielt · since 2001
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2011
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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since 1982
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1995
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since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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since 2008
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since 1996
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since 1989
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · Kontich · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of Afbraakwerken Spiessens · Demolition · Bornem · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of SPIESSENS & WUYTS · Insurance agents and brokers · Willebroek · since 1997
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since 1980
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1978
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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since 1974
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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since 1984
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Event catering · since 1987
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Translation services · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1999
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since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 1998
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since 1994
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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since 1973
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
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since 1969
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since 2002
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Finishing of textiles · since 2003
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Other business support services · Bornem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2013