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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Bonheiden · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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since 1966
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Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MARKT 21 · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brecht · since 1984
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of STORM OOSTENDE · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of McQueen · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wervik · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2024
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1985
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Other personal services · since 2007
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Event catering · since 2026
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1979
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Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · since 2019
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Raising of other animals · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of STORMS & Co · Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2009
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Joinery installation · since 2006