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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Genk · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Psychology services · Lede · since 2024
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 2015
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 2010
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since 2011
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General cleaning of buildings · Gent · since 2007
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Charleroi · since 2007
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2025
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Zoersel · since 2003
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beloeil · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Waremme · since 2006
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Activities of interior architects · since 2015
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Geel · since 2026
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Leuven · since 1982