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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · since 1996
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2007
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Haaltert · since 2023
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2017
Names that resemble it 63 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 1986
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Veterinary services · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Boechout · since 1995
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Zaventem · since 2014
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · since 2022
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since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2010
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since 1988
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since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2004
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1978
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since 1993
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Plastering work · since 2024
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since 1992
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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since 1998
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2000
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 1991
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1994
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2022
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Other education · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · Buggenhout · since 1994
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Kaprijke · since 1998
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2024
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since 2015
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Vocational training · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Roofing work · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1996
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since 2019
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1993
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since 2026
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since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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Lochristi · since 2010
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since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Translation services · since 2003
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Other personal services · since 2004
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since 2004
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since 1999
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since 2005
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Web portal activities · since 2008
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Psychology services · since 2025