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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Services Inspections techniques · Brussel · since 1995
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of STEFIR · Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2012
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Other technical testing and analysis · Lille · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beringen · since 2010
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Machining of metals · Sankt Vith · since 2004
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Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Other cleaning activities · Kortrijk · since 1972
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General electrical installation work · Kruisem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Algemene Bouwwerken Zentix · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zutendaal · since 2015
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Site preparation · Assenede · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of EXSTER · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of STERRIT vzw · Other membership organisations · Mortsel · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Lanaken · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Deinze · since 1996
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since 1970