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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of TROOST INDUSTRIE SERVICES · Spijkenisse · since 1986
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1992
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since 1997
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Abbreviation of Toiras Imechu School · Other education · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2021
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 2018
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Sound recording · since 2026
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Abbreviation of TOTAL INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES & OUTSOURCING · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Gent · since 2000
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Huldenberg · since 1983
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Gent · since 1999
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Nursing and midwifery · Liège · since 2001
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Abbreviation of NAVIGATEURS TURCS ET INTERNATIONALS EN EUROPE · Waterloo · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halle · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Technology, Innovation & Social Support · Huldenberg · since 2021
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Halen · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Aywaille · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Targeted Intelligence Strategic Orientation · Research and development on biotechnology · Ukkel · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Abbreviation of traveller information services association · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Elsene · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Oostende · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Herenthout · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 1957
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Activities of holding companies · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1927
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Anderlues · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waimes · since 1992
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Ukkel · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wingene · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Quaregnon · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Riemst · since 2012
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Abbreviation of VZW TISZO · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of INDIGOMOOD FILMS · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Abbreviation of TERTRE INNOVATION SOLAIRE · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Tournai · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rumst · since 2008
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Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 2009
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Joinery installation · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 1987
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 2024
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Waasmunster · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ASBL Time In · La Bruyère · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Techniques Industrielles Services et Formations · Wholesale of machine tools · Herve · since 1990