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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other information service activities · Schilde · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 66 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2017
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since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2026
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since 1991
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zoersel · since 1998
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Office administrative and support services · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 1983
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2018
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2001
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Mixed farming · since 1982
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Activities of lawyers · since 1990
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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since 2010
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2011
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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since 2025
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since 2003
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Other information service activities · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 1968
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Computer programming · Lievegem · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Balen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2008
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Oostende · since 2003
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2000
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since 2009
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1974
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2002
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Other education · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1970
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 2002
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Plumbing work · since 2014
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1988
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1993
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Abbreviation of ADVOCATENKANTOOR SOMERS KRIS · Activities of lawyers · Bonheiden · since 2020
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · since 2000
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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since 2012
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021