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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Interior design · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Other business support services · Schilde · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Buggenhout · since 2007
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · Brussel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2025
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of GEOLINCK · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Bekkevoort · since 1992
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Destelbergen · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Vrienden van STVV · Football clubs · Sint-Truiden · since 1948
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Freight transport by road · Nandrin · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of IN-Z · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1996
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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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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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Oosterzele · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Computer programming · Rebecq · since 2026
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Abbreviation of STAM - voor en door ouders van De Wilg · Lint · since 1970
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of Stac Management · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1987
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Sorghvliedt Aartselaar Samenwerking · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of GUIDON · Market research and public opinion polling · Putte · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2013
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Abbreviation of STUDENT ACADEMY · Other education · Ganshoren · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Kalmthout · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · Overijse · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Herzele · since 2016
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Trade name · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Londerzeel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of TREFPUNT VERSTANDELIJKE HANDICAP · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Brecht · since 2019
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Nursing and midwifery · Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Event catering · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Heuvelland · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Soignies · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · since 2004
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
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Bornem · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Mol · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Aarschot · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of GABI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2007
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Asse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TECHNIQUE AUTOMOBILE · Namur · since 1972