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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.

“Taels”

An active company already has this name

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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

31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Taets, Els (sole trader) similar
    Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
  • Taelman, Niels (sole trader) similar
    General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
  • T.A.ELEC (sole trader) similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • T.A.E. similar
    Abbreviation of TECHNO AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Asse · since 1977
  • T.A.E. similar
    Abbreviation of BEDRIJVENPARK T.A.E. DESTELBERGEN - GENT · Kruisem · since 1992
  • T.A.E. similar
    Abbreviation of T.AE. Association des Contribuables d'Europe · Brussel · since 2017
  • TAELIMA similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Lochristi · since 1992
  • TAELMAN similar
    Support activities for crop production · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1994
  • Tack, Els (sole trader) similar
    Other education · since 2013
  • Taelman (sole trader) similar
    Mixed farming · since 1990
  • Taelman (sole trader) similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2010
  • Tim Spitaels (sole trader) similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
  • R. SPITAELS similar
    Warehousing and storage · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1982
  • Dr. P. Staels similar
    General medical practice · Brugge · since 1999
  • Digitaels similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2019
  • M. SPITAELS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aalst · since 1981

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