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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manhay · since 2023
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Beyne-Heusay · since 2025
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Essen · since 1990
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Lebbeke · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
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Support activities for crop production · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Zele · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Ukkel · since 1993
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Other printing · since 2016
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2023