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.
“TARG”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1996
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of De Turnhoutse Autorijschool · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Turnhout · since 1967
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Market research and public opinion polling · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of TARGET ADVERTISING · Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2015
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zemst · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Putte · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kapellen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Tuinarchitect Robben · Landscape service activities · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Lendelede · since 2023
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Abbreviation of TAPAS A ROULETTES · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Wavre · since 2025
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Maastricht · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Elsene · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2015
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Trade name of POLITIEZONE : AFFLIGEM - LIEDEKERKE - ROOSDAAL - TERNAT · Lokale Politie · Liedekerke · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Morlanwelz · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1992
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Roeselare · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of GHIMAR · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Middelkerke · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2019
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 2022
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Abbreviation of THEATRE ARTS · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · since 2008
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Other business support services · Léglise · since 2008
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Essen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TARA TECHNOLOGIE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Waterloo · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Malmedy · since 1997
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Computer programming · Grimbergen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Other specialised construction activities · Liedekerke · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of other sports clubs · Waterloo · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 1979
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Aarschot · since 1991
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Logistics services · Geel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of The Aluminium Recovery Company · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Balen · since 1979
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Jette · since 1991