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 meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2018
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Waasmunster · since 2019
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wemmel · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Jette · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Activities of lawyers · Poperinge · since 2020
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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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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Development of non-residential building projects · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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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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Waregem · since 1999
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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