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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General electrical installation work · Halle · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Lobbes · since 2011
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of N-L · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Incourt · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Waasmunster · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Tournai · since 2017
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE TRADUCTION YVES LETOT · Translation services · Mons · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of J.M.F. ROOSEN · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · since 1991
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1989
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Site preparation · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026