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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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Bouw van plezier- en sportvaartuigen · Jodoigne · since 2018
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of CHILTEPIN · Other legal services · Gent · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1946
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Beringen · since 1990
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Brussel · since 1990
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Meise · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Soutien aux Victimes d'Infractions · Huy · since 1997
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since 2011
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Kortrijk · since 1966
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Spa · since 1984
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Sankt Vith · since 1994
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Activities of head offices · Boom · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2016
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2018
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Froidchapelle · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gerpinnes · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Enghien · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Izegem · since 2007
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Flémalle · since 1991
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Abbreviation of sankuru vivendi · Vorst · since 2009