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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Laureins · since 2003
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Other construction installation · Herent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1992
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Halle · since 2023
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Demolition · since 2021
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brecht · since 1996
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Schoten · since 2006
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Abbreviation of STORIES PARENTHÈSE GOURMANDE · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2023
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Production of cinema films · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Mouscron · since 1984
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kortrijk · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liège · since 2010
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zutendaal · since 2012
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Other personal services · since 2024
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News agency activities · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Orion - Academie voor Sterrenkunde en Ruimte - Aëronomie - Orion - Académie pour l'Astronomie et l'Aéronomie spaciale - in het Engels... · Roeselare · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of CAPTUUR · Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Knokke-Heist · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Tienen · since 1997
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Nivelles · since 1998
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Nijlen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of TW STORE · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Herentals · since 2002
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of ORION SERVICES · General cleaning of buildings · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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since 1996
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Abbreviation of Dierenkliniek ORION · Veterinary services · Herentals · since 2018
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Abbreviation of STORO PROPCO I · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brecht · since 2019
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Mechelen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of STORM OOSTENDE · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Removal services · Brecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of McQueen · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2012
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Oudenaarde · since 2012
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2004
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
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Abbreviation of STUDIE- EN OVERLEGGROEP RADIOACTIEF AFVAL DESSEL · Other membership organisations · Dessel · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wervik · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Orion Events · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Turnhout · since 1987
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since 2019