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.
“Soke”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · Lint · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SCHOOLOVERSTIJGEND KWALITEITSNETWERK · Gistel · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Malmedy · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Aalter · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Other technical testing and analysis · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · Waterloo · since 2025
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · Yvoir · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Lochristi · since 2019