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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Meise · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Studiebureau voor Ruimtelijke Ordening en Expansie · Brugge · since 1964
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halle · since 1997
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Elsene · since 2015
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Ieper · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE UNIVERSELLE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET STRATEGIQUE · Mouscron · since 1998
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
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Graphic design and visual communication · Mechelen · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2005
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Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Geraardsbergen · since 1988
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Lummen · since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Psychology services · Gent · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · Vorst · since 2017
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Manufacture of other wood products · Hasselt · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Oudenburg · since 2023
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Combined facilities support activities · Zaventem · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Hasselt · since 2009
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Other education · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Other social work without accommodation · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor toegepast economisch en sociologisch onderzoek · Brussel · since 1968
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Essen · since 1977
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Mortsel · since 1993
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Hairdressing and barber services · Zaventem · since 1999
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Oostende · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Activities of interior architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Studenten Joods Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Kapellen · since 2017
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Virton · since 2022
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Wuustwezel · since 2023
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Aarschot · since 2009
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Nivelles · since 2024