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.
“Strooks”
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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2022
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Computer programming · Aalter · since 2011
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · Zuienkerke · since 2011
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Socio-cultural adult education · Turnhout · since 1990
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Aalst · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Zoersel · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Grimbergen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1996
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Mixed farming · Damme · since 2008
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Brussel · since 2024
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Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of WHATT · Activities of holding companies · Schelle · since 2017
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Schelle · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1995
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Freight transport by road · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1997
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Merchtem · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kuurne · since 2004
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Amsterdam · since 2018
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 2022