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.
“T.O.C.”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of TURNHOUTS OOGHEELKUNDIG CENTRUM · Turnhout · since 1988
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Abbreviation of T.G.C. EXPERTISE COMPTABLE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Waterloo · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Tales of Coffee · Leuven · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Timber Outdoor Creations · Landscape service activities · Oostkamp · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Event catering · Sprimont · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Deinze · since 2022
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Abbreviation of TREE OF COLORS · Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Amfibie · Other cleaning activities · Hasselt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Troubles obsessionnels culinaires · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lasne · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Abbreviation of TOC A LA MAISON · Full-service restaurants · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1991
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Gent · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 1999
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Oudsbergen · since 2014
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Berlare · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Abbreviation of TOHUNGA CONSULTING · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Herent · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Lubbeek · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2003
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Awans · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Bekkevoort · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Geel · since 1990
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Other information technology and computer services · La Hulpe · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 1999
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Middelkerke · since 2001
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Pittem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Torhoutse Oldtimer Club Andre Riemaecker · Other amusement and recreation activities · Torhout · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Leuven · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · since 2018
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since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Staden · since 2014
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Aalter · since 2021
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Boortmeerbeek · since 2023
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2006
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Other business support services · Bever · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Tielt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of TOURISM & OUTDOOR CONSULTANCY · Other sports activities · Kluisbergen · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2018
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Abbreviation of TeacherOnline · Aalst · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2018