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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Other photographic activities · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2009
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1975
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Personenvervoer over binnenwateren · Brugge · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of SADEL ACCOUNTANCY · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Deinze · since 1978
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE ET APPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENT · Brussel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE SERVICES, DE PARTICIPATIONS, DE DIRECTION ET D'ELABORATION · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1921
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Nandrin · since 1987
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2000
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Logistics services · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Beauvechain · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Assesse · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2005
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Brussel · since 1977
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Operation of sports facilities · Frameries · since 2023
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Theux · since 2018
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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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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · since 2004
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Geel · since 1968
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wemmel · since 2021
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Kasterlee · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Schaarbeek · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Eeklo · since 1968
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Leuven · since 1991
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Abbreviation of STAS DAKBEDEKKINGEN · Roofing work · Hasselt · since 1988
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Zedelgem · since 1993
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Hamont-Achel · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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since 1995
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Visual arts creation · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Dura Projects · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Linter · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2025
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of STADEMIUS IN VEREFFENING · Activities of lawyers · Poperinge · since 2020