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.
“Sander”
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
41 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Kortenberg · since 2019
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Frameries · since 2020
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kontich · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Knokke-Heist · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of SANTANDER CONSUMER FINANCE SA · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Boadilla del Monte · since 2021
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Podensac · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 1986
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Site preparation · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1994
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Roeselare · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lummen · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Wuustwezel · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Linter · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Edegem · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2026
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Other printing · Oudenaarde · since 1968
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 1993
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Jabbeke · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Zoersel · since 2023
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1996
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Land surveying · Lebbeke · since 2013
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE RECOUVREMENT SANDEREC · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wavre · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1977
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brasschaat · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Groothandel in onderkleding · since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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since 1986
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Other printing · Vilvoorde · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of ISTONE · Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Deinze · since 1987
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Brugge · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beerse · since 2002
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Oostrozebeke · since 2014
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2015
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Computer programming · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1980
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Retie · since 2017
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Diepenbeek · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · since 2022
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since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · since 2014