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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1991
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2015
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1938
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zandhoven · since 2001
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Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1988
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Hoogstraten · since 2005
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Raising of dairy cattle · Essen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 1988
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since 2001
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · since 1996
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1988
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since 1996
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Forging of metal · since 2010
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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since 2000
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2018
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since 1995
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2008
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Other information service activities · Schilde · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 1999
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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since 1996
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1994
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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since 2013
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since 1997
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1996
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Edegem · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · since 1995
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · since 2013
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 2004
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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since 2005
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Interior design · since 2023
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since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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since 1996
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1989
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2018
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2021