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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2022
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since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of STEDELIJKE OUDHEIDKUNDIGE COMMISSIE WERVIK · Wervik · since 1992
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Abbreviation of STOFFEL Consulting · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wavre · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Brecht · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of AIXANDRI · Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CU BRANDS · Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CK Auto's · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of OXACOM · Detailhandel in overig textiel · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2004
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Waimes · since 1986