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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Financiële lease · Meise · since 1958
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1993
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Development of non-residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2022
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Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 2009
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since 2006
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Abbreviation of Société d'Anesthésie Dr Roediger et d'Oncologie Dr Gennigens · Specialist medical practice · Anthisnes · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1990
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Daverdisse · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2006
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Brugge · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Other education · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CARON · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Evere · since 1971
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2009
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of STRATEGISCHE ADVIESRAAD RUIMTELIJKE ORDENING - ONROEREND ERFGOED · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Brussel · since 2006
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since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 1975
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société d'Alimentation rapide · Paris 18e · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of SAR BENELUX · Insurance agents and brokers · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of SCHILS AUTO REPAIR · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sprimont · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Support And Research · Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Oostende · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2023
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Brugge · since 1994
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Other postal and courier activities · Wetteren · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Maison Saroléa · Vervaardiging van motorfietsen · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 1993
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Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Faimes · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Frozen Art · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Tyre services · since 2009
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2020
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1993