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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2007
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Oostkamp · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of HOPBARGE · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Courcelles · since 1999
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Ravels · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oudenaarde · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wuustwezel · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Beerse · since 2023
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Other business support services · Hove · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2004
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Other building finishing work · Westerlo · since 2025
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Eghezée · since 2006
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Temse · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Kuurne · since 1973
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Zurich · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Tournai · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of OD Tandartsen · Dental practice · Mechelen · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Westerlo · since 2005
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Wholesale of other food products · Kapellen · since 2006
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Roofing work · Lebbeke · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lendelede · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1980
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Tournai · since 1987
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lokeren · since 1995
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Torhout · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Zulte · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of DKI · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 1994
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lokeren · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Other education · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Haaltert · since 2010
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gavere · since 2006
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Meise · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1972
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Handel in gas via leidingen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of RIKE’S · Nursing and midwifery · Waregem · since 2015