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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of SE STICHTING VAKANTIEHUISJES EWR · LEIDEN · since 1970
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 2020
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Amsterdam Zuidoost · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Amsterdam · since 2019
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Maastricht · since 1988
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's-Gravenhage · since 2018
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Other membership organisations · Utrecht · since 2014
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Other financial services · Breda · since 2025
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Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Amsterdam · since 2012
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Zottegem · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Maastricht · since 2023
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Ravels · since 2025
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Other membership organisations · Amsterdam · since 2025
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Eindhoven · since 2017
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Voorschoten · since 1982
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Abbreviation of STICHTING COMMISSIE ONDERLINGE BAND VAN HET PERSONEEL VAN DE GEMEENTEPOLITIE · 's-Gravenhage · since 1993
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Abbreviation of STICHTING ASSOCIATIE VAN INTERNATIONAAL JONGERENWERK · Valkenswaard 5550 NA · since 1994
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ALMERE · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Stichting Telecommunicatie Huisvesting en Bemiddeling · Zoetermeer · since 1998
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Abbreviation of STICHTING ACTIEF IN JEUGDWERK · Zeeland · since 2000
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Zwanenburg · since 2014
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HEILIG LANDSTICHTING · since 1989
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Amsterdam · since 1992
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UTRECHT · since 2016
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Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
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SOMEREN · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Stichting Patrimonium Antwerpse Welzijnsorganisaties · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Amsterdam · since 2021
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EL URMOND · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Stichting Forest Peoples Programme · Other membership organisations · Anderen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2022
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Leusden · since 2010
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Zaventem · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Terneuzen · since 2023
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Hulshout · since 2024
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Alkmaar · since 2023
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Wommelgem · since 2010
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Amsterdam · since 1995
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Maastricht · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2025