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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 1990
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Visual arts creation · Gent · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Stad Sint-Niklaas · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Tielts Operette Podium · Tielt · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1989
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Abbreviation of The Other Project · Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2009
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Poperinge · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Tennis Organisatie Performance vzw · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tournai · since 2006
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Abbreviation of The Obsidian Project · Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · Herzele · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of TEFCOLD BE · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1995