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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Joinery installation · since 1995
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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 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2005
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since 1987
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Mixed farming · since 2015
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since 1998
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since 1963
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since 2007
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Roofing work · since 2009
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since 1996
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Joinery installation · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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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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Other building finishing work · since 2005
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2000
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Computer programming · since 2016
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since 2003
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Other education · since 2025
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since 1973
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since 2007
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2025
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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since 1993
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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since 1990
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since 2022
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2012
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since 2006
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Activities of bailiffs · Genk · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2010
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since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · since 2004
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Other software publishing · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · since 2005
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Other education · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2025