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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of STEDELIJKE OUDHEIDKUNDIGE COMMISSIE WERVIK · Wervik · since 1992
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Abbreviation of STOFFEL Consulting · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wavre · since 2025
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Brecht · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of AIXANDRI · Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CU BRANDS · Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CK Auto's · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of OXACOM · Detailhandel in overig textiel · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of L'Economie Populaire · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ciney · since 1919
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Name of an establishment of Stock Lieven · Agents and brokers in banking services · Beernem · since 1988
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Asse · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Ronse · since 1993
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Lubbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SAVE TRAININGEN & OPLEIDINGEN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brugge · since 2014
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Trade name of SETO · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Wemmel · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Wholesale of other household goods · Vosselaar · since 1988
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Quévy · since 1995
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2010
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lys-lez-lannoy · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Charleroi · since 2026
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1969
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1974
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Dendermonde · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of VIMAR · Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Studie en Ontwikkelingscentrum Kempen · Turnhout · since 1989
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Steunpunt Onderzoek en Begeleiding · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Sint-Truidense Oldtimer Fanaten · Other amusement and recreation activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2024
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Abbreviation of STOA asbl · Brussel · since 2025
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Asse · since 1980
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Kaprijke · since 1990
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Schoten · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of A.G.M.D. · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anderlues · since 1997
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1996
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Warehousing and storage · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Berlaar · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2016
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Waimes · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2012
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Bornem · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of CP RETAIL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Braine-le-Château · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of CPBE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-le-Château · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · since 2004