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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Plastering work · Oudsbergen · since 1991
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Halen · since 2015
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Linter · since 2010
Names that resemble it 68 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2001
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Other education · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · Tienen · since 1999
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since 1983
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1994
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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since 2023
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Research and development on biotechnology · since 2008
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2002
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2012
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since 1989
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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since 1993
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Computer programming · since 1993
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Computer programming · since 2021
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since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2000
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2019
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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since 1990
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since 1988
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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since 2022
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since 2022
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2023
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Psychology services · since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · since 2002
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since 1973
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2008
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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since 2026