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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
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Dental practice · Erpe-Mere · since 2003
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Mechelen
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1994
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Tourist information services · since 2002
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since 1989
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · since 1982
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lebbeke · since 1997
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Temse · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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since 2005
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Vocational training · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods · since 2023
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since 2002
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since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Support activities for crop production · since 2019
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since 2007
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2010
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Veterinary services · Aarschot · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of TEUGHELS - IMPORT en EXPORT - FRUIT en GROENTEN · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Brussel · since 1978
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Football clubs · Haaltert · since 2015
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 2021