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.
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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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2007
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Other financial services · Mol · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Stekene · since 2019
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 1964
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Staden · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2013
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Day nurseries and crèches · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2018
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Other sports activities · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1977
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mol · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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since 1985
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Name of an establishment of S - TRANS · Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Land surveying · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Erpe-Mere · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 1998
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Cafés and bars · Turnhout · since 2000
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Insulation installation · since 2016
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Abbreviation of TREFPUNT VERSTANDELIJKE HANDICAP · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2009
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Event catering · since 2010
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Soignies · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Stevig Anders · Zwevegem · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Binche · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 1999
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Construction of roads and motorways · Herselt · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Melle · since 2020
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Bree · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Retail sale of footwear · Brussel · since 2022
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since 2011
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2024
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Menen · since 1970
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Thuin · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Westerlo · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Beringen · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Activities of notaries · Stabroek · since 2007
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2008
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Jette · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2006