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.
“Schops”
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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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Oudsbergen · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2013
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · La Louvière · since 1991
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Computer programming · Ardooie · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Other construction installation · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Putte · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Malle · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Schorvoort Leeft · Turnhout · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalst · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liège · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Wholesale of live animals · Temse · since 1978
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Trade name of British Primary Parent Association · Tervuren · since 1996
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Assenede · since 2015
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Zemst · since 2022
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Genk · since 2005
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Activities of bailiffs · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Halle · since 2014