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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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.
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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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of STIJLVOL-TEXTIEL-RAAMGARNIERING · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SYSTEME DE TRAITE ET DE REFROIDISSEMENT · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Soignies · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SAITORA · Oudergem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Tervuren · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TRAITEMENT ET DE REVETEMENT DE SURFACES · LE THEIL-NOLENT · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Sint-Truidense Reddingsclub · Sint-Truiden · since 1995
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Abbreviation of SCIENTIA TERRAE · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Holsbeek · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE TECHNIQUE DE RAMONAGE ET DE NETTOYAGE · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2010
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Abbreviation of STOP THE TALKING RECORDS · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Straatlawaai · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Leuven · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Aalter · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of TARO · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Roeselare · since 1996
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1998
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Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of STRIVE · Tintigny · since 2018
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Amsterdam · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Gent · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2021
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Roofing work · Tienen · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van hogedrukreinigers, zandstraalapparaten en dergelijk reinigingsmateriaal · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herzele · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of STRAK Contemporary and Modern Building · Zelzate · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · De Haan · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of DL SECURITY · General electrical installation work · Meise · since 2006
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2007
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2007
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Rochefort · since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · La Bruyère · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Lille · since 1996