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.
“Tercan”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2025
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2019
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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since 1978
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Translation services · since 2014
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2013
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 1989
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General cleaning of buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2021
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Merksplas · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zele · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Immobilière Terres et bois de la Catoire · Lessines · since 1981
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Hemiksem · since 1987
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Construction of roads and motorways · Chaudfontaine · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Balen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of TCM · Other retail sale of food · Heuvelland · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Régie communale autonome des sports de Nivelles · Operation of sports facilities · Nivelles · since 2018
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2022