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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · Ninove · since 2011
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Support activities for animal production · since 2023
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since 1988
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since 1979
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since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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since 1984
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Wijchen · since 1978
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brakel · since 1987
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Pig breeding farms · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Fitness centres · Putte · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of AUTOCENTER STEVENS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lochristi · since 1998
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1974
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Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2013
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Lokeren · since 2014
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Zottegem · since 2015
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Tyre services · Wingene · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Hoogstraten · since 2017
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1995
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Hulshout · since 2004
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Wholesale of timber · Antwerpen · since 1936
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since 1997
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1998
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2006
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 2002
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 2001
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Waterloo · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Beerse · since 1983
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Liedekerke · since 2002
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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since 1992
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2019
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Ranst · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · since 2014
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since 1986
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Gent · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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since 1970
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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since 2021
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since 2011
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Evergem · since 2012
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since 2024
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since 2024
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Dental practice · since 1980
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 2006
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Finishing of textiles · since 2023
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Finishing of textiles · Denderleeuw · since 2004