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.
“TOPEX”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 1995
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Land surveying · Boortmeerbeek · since 2011
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Maasmechelen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of TOP E - RESEAU EUROPEEN D'INGENIEURS CONSEILS - TOP E - EUROPEAN CONSULTING ENGINEERING NETWORK · Oudergem · since 1990
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Oostkamp · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Overijse · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Koekelare · since 2025
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of BERNARD NICODEME & CO · Land surveying · Ukkel · since 2006
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Orp-Jauche · since 2018
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since 2014
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2017
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General cleaning of buildings · Roeselare · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Topeka - The Western Line Dancers · Soignies · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Schilde · since 2021
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Other business support services · Erpe-Mere · since 2009
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2024
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Kasterlee · since 2026
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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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Name of T.O.P. (TEWERKSTELLING & OPLEIDINGSPROJECT) · Other education · Zonhoven · since 1990
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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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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · 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
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Name of an establishment of ALIF · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 1970
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of DAMACHRISTINE · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bredene · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2009
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Support activities for crop production · since 2018