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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bastogne · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Koloniaal Studie-Comite · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Vaduz 9490 · since 1992
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Aalst · since 1998
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Izegem · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Sail Training Association of Belgium · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Activities of building architects · Tielt-Winge · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Begijnendijk · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Grobbendonk · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Technisch Studie en Adviesbureau van de Belgische Boerenbond · Leuven · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Ingenieurs-, ontwerp-, en coördinatiebureau STABO · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1972
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Wholesale of machine tools · Grez-Doiceau · since 1988
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Steinfort · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ohey · since 1993
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New Castle County 19810 · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brecht · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2021
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Kalmthout · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION BELGO-MAROCAINE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT · Brussel · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Comines-Warneton · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1977
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Gent · since 1999