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.
“TROOST”
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
40 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kapellen · since 1998
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Funeral services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of WenS · Other non-specialised retail sale · Aalst · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2009
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since 2011
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 1911
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · since 2025
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Other construction installation · since 2013
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Event catering · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Toost Drinks · Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Wichelen · since 2025
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Beersel · since 1904
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Zwevegem · since 1906
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since 1899
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Menen · since 1899
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Nursing and midwifery · Schoten · since 2025
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Brecht · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DE BUREN · Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Geraardsbergen · since 1995
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Activities of interior architects · Aalter · since 2014
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 1988
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Event catering · Kasterlee · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Support activities for crop production · Zemst · since 2020
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Other construction installation · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2021
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2024
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Funeral services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Aalter · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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since 2020
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since 1973
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Other educational support services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Tielt-Winge · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Ingelmunster · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of "EEN VIER DRIE" · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Herentals · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals
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Name of an establishment of CRELAN · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Anderlecht · since 1937
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Kapellen · since 1989
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Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Hasselt · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MA&M Management · Cafés and bars · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Zwevegem · since 2026
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2001
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Platte Daken T-Roofs · Roofing work · Staden · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Funeral services · Oostkamp · since 2024