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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Name of an establishment of SMART GRID FRIENDLY · General electrical installation work · Frameries · since 1986
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Insulation installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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Logistics services · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Skeeler Team Evergem · Evergem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sport, travel & entertainment · Lennik · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SAINT-EMPIRE · Insurance agents and brokers · Oudergem · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Technics & Engineering · Plumbing work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Sint-Niklaas · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
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Paris 17e · since 1968
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Trade name of STEF LOGISTICS SAINTES · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tubize · since 1976
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Abbreviation of NO HEADACHE · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Stichting Ergonomie en Preventie · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Showtime Total Events and Productions · Holsbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SOCIETA FINANZIARA TELEFONICA · Torino 10156 · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TRANSPORTS ET D'EXPORTATIONS AFRICAINES · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Sports Team Lucent Technologies · Elsene · since 1997
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Mixed farming · Hoogstraten · since 1999
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Mixed farming · Tremelo · since 2001
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Socio-cultural adult education · Poperinge · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2014
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Support To Electoral Process · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Other education · Herent · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VZW STEP · Alken · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2019
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Other construction installation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2019
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Other education · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL BALTEAU WANTY NETHEN · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Oudsbergen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL WANTY MORLANWELZ · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL SOCOGETRA HOUDEMONT · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SquareTrade Europe · Risk and damage evaluation · Elsene · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of SOCIETE MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL DHERTE BOUSSOIT · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of SOCIETE MOMENTANEE JC JANDENUL CINEY · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SOCIETE MOMENTANEE JC SOCOGETRA CEREXHE · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2010
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Welkenraedt · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Dental practice · Charleroi · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Lanaken · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2025
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since 1970
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · since 2020