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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Wielsbeke · since 2021
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Translation services · Brugge · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wemmel · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Kasterlee · since 2004
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Mesen · since 1968
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Menen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Menen · Detailhandel in overig textiel · Menen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of STAS DAKBEDEKKINGEN · Roofing work · Hasselt · since 1988
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Zedelgem · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Hamont-Achel · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Visual arts creation · since 2018
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Other photographic activities · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Dura Projects · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Linter · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · Nandrin · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SMART TICKETING ALLIANCE · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Abbreviation of SAMEN TEGEN ARMOEDE · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Swimming Team Aalter · Sports and recreation education · Aalter · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Sonia Tarpy Architecture · Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of SMART TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of SPADEA TRANSLATION AGENCY · Translation services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Edegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Safety & Technical Assistance · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kalmthout · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Dessel · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Ville d'Eupen · Wholesale of timber · Eupen · since 1925
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Oudergem · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Oudergem · since 1962
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Name of an establishment of Alu Log · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Eeklo · since 1991
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 1995
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Theux · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Development of non-residential building projects · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Dentergem · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maaseik · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mortsel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TECHNIQUE AUTOMOBILE · Namur · since 1972