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
59 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building finishing work · Kontich · since 1996
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Literary creation · Leuven · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Halle · since 2016
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Retail sale of bicycles · Oud-Heverlee · since 2010
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Machining of metals · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of footwear · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of STERCKX J. en A. · Other specialised construction activities · Begijnendijk · since 2003
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Plumbing work · Aalst · since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · Boortmeerbeek · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · since 1997
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since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Geel · since 2011
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1998
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Other education · since 2024
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since 1989
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since 2001
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2016
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since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · since 2021
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Rotselaar · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 2005
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Aarschot · since 2000
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since 1985
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1984
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since 1996
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1998
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2016
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since 2022
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Insulation installation · since 2017
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2018
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2019
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since 1991
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since 2012
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Other education · since 2023
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since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Aalst · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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since 2002
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Meise · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw"Sterckxhof" te 2100 Antwerpen-Deurne, Collegelaan 106-108 · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Physiotherapy · since 2016
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Other technical testing and analysis · Wuustwezel · since 2007