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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2018
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Mechelen · since 1997
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Retail sale of footwear · Lier · since 1991
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Buggenhout · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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since 2022
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Support activities for animal production · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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since 1979
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Pelt · since 1982
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2021
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since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 1998
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since 2001
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
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since 2010
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 2026
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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since 2010
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Rotselaar · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Assenede · since 2018
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Other personal services · since 2026