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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of TANDELINE · Dental practice · Gent · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Oudergem · since 2007
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Other legal services · Turnhout · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Roeselare · since 1983
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Office administrative and support services · Leuven · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bornem · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of VZW TEN ANKER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Waregem · since 1974
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Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Computer programming · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of KOL-INVEST SRL · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2021
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Interior design · Herent · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Herzele · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025