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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Damme · since 2007
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2025
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Rixensart · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Web portal activities · Tervuren · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Steenhoet · Event catering · Brakel · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Martelange · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kontich · since 1996
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Gent · since 1998
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Development of residential building projects · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2001
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Teelt van andere meerjarige gewassen · since 2012
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Machining of metals · since 2020
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Lokeren · since 2002
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DAAF · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aarschot · since 2017
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Other educational support services · Wemmel · since 1987
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Plastering work · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Perwez · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ganshoren · since 2021