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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Ravels · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · Zonnebeke · since 1995
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Vosselaar · since 1996
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Zonnebeke · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2020
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Plastering work · Ravels · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Zonnebeke · since 2010
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Other construction installation · since 2012
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zoersel · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 1999
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes et de Réalisations architecturales · Landscape service activities · Châtelet · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1989
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MARLY · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Châtelet · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Kompas · Land surveying · Koksijde · since 2014
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Gestion de l'Energie · Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 2011
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · since 2025
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Beerse · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société d'études, Gestion et Exploitations commerciales · Kraainem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of SERVICES, ETUDES ET GESTION IMMOBILIERES · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Huy · since 1970
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoeilaart · since 1991
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Interior design · since 2023
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since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1981
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1994
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Other construction installation · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Merksplas · since 2012
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Floor and wall tiling · Ranst · since 2003
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since 2004
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2006
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since 2008
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Herentals · since 2024
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since 2024
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2025
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since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Gestion et Maintenance · General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 1990