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.
“TRANE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Zaventem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Les Trois Anneaux · Schaarbeek · since 1975
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of JIN LI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2008
Names that resemble it 62 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Trade name of AxITra · Computer programming · Geel · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Enghien · since 2004
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Leuven · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of Transit · Instellingen met huisvesting voor drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Brussel · since 1993
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Other specialised construction activities · Soumagne · since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Plastering work · Ieper · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Bornem · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Bree · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Melatra · Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 1967
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Other personal services · Koksijde · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 2019
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since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Pittem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of The Root Alliance · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Tielt · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Transports Gantois · Gent · since 1968
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Waterloo · since 1982
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Ridderkerk · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Wetteren · since 1983
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Bern · since 1984
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Freight transport by road · Bornem · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1991
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Esch sur Alzette · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 1992
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Dinant · since 1992
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Freight transport by road · Stoumont · since 2000
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Translation services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Bocholt · since 2002
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since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
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since 1996
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Other tax advisory services · since 1984
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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since 1994
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Pepingen · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Schoten · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Gembloux · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Oudergem · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2026
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Abbreviation of TRANS-MISSIONS · Evere · since 2008
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since 1988
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Other postal and courier activities · Oostkamp · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2018