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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Socio-cultural adult education · Turnhout · since 1990
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Aalst · since 1992
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Zoersel · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Brussel · since 2024
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Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · Zuienkerke · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · since 2017
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kuurne · since 2004
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Computer programming · Aalter · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · since 1995
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of WHATT · Activities of holding companies · Schelle · since 2017
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Schelle · since 2018
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BREIN IN BALANS · Psychology services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other business support services · Rumst · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Stad Gent · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Gent · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Gent · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Gent · since 1968
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Socio-cultural adult education · Bonheiden · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Multidisciplinair Centrum De Stroom · Kapellen · since 2020
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Westerlo · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2000
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Kontich · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2026
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Handel in elektriciteit · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Activiteiten van makelaars en agenten voor elektriciteit en aardgas · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1995
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1997
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Merchtem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2009
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Ninove · since 2025