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
55 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1975
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Painting of buildings · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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since 1984
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2002
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Investigation and private security services · since 1988
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Other personal services · since 1992
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2000
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Machining of metals · since 2016
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since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2003
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Specialist medical practice · since 1973
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since 2007
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2015
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Other education · since 2001
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2007
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Sint-Niklaas · since 1994
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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General medical practice · since 2009
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since 1983
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 2025
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since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Ieper · since 2011
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2008
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since 2013
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since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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since 1988
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Geel · since 2005