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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2020
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Alken · since 2018
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Nuenen · since 1982
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Liège · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2013
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MAISON BRIGANDS · Retail sale of footwear · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
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Other postal and courier activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Asse · since 1991
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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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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Ranst · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2018
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Fitness centres · Brugge · since 2020
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2014
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2014
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Day nurseries and crèches · Wemmel · since 2021
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Maldegem · since 1991