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.
“Smets, Tim”
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2018
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since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 1988
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
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Joinery installation · Retie · since 1981
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Meise · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 1989
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1998
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1977
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since 2014
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2018
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2017
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2016
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2008
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Activities of building architects · since 2009
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since 1996
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Kippenkwekerijen · Kasterlee · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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General medical practice · Schilde · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Holsbeek · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Kasterlee · since 2004
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2006
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Westerlo · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2008
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Veterinary services · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Putte · since 2026
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zemst · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2013
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2018
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since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · since 2014
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2022
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Funeral services · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Joinery installation · since 2008
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News agency activities · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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Other construction installation · since 2019
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Literary creation · De Haan · since 2019
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since 1987
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Computer programming · Schoten · since 2022
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since 2003
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020