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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Vilvoorde · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Bertrix · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2015
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2002
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Inland freight water transport · since 1980
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Niel · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Namur · since 2019
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Operation of sports facilities · Kinrooi · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 1994
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Other construction installation · Duffel · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Opwijk · since 2020
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Overige gespecialiseerde groothandel, n.e.g. · TREBNJE · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lanaken · since 1987
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Edegem · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Trooz · since 2011
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Other specialised design activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1969
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kluisbergen · since 1985
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Hasselt · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1988
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Schilde · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lanaken · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Stabroek · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1999
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Chaudfontaine · since 1999
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Le Roeulx · since 2022
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Elsene · since 2011
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Heers · since 2005
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essen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Trim Therapeutics · Research and development on biotechnology · Gent · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Châtelet · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Charleroi · since 1977
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · since 2017