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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Merchtem · since 1963
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Mixed farming · Bekkevoort · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2025
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Wemmel · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Laakdal · since 2016
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Berlicum · since 1976
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herent · since 1996
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Freight transport by road · Wommelgem · since 1997
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Bodegraven · since 2001
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Genk · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of CONQUISTADOR · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Asse · since 2004
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Other information service activities · Brussel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Erpe-Mere · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Erpe-Mere · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars gebouw Steenberg Antwerpen Steenbergstraat 14 · Antwerpen · since 2001
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 2018
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Warehousing and storage · Grobbendonk · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herk-de-Stad · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wavre · since 2013
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1986
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Support activities for crop production · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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since 1997
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Specialist medical practice · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Antwerpen · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 1981
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Lokeren · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of CONSTANDT · Full-service restaurants · Jabbeke · since 1997
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Mixed farming · Wingene · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ISOLANO CADIX · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wijnegem · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zedelgem · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Steen SComm · Other business support services · Aywaille · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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since 1994
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Other construction installation · since 2016
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since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1976