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.
“The workshop”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Boechout · since 2002
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Other education · Malle · since 2018
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Visual arts creation · Brussel · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Bonheiden · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Mortsel · since 2024
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Soignies · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Theux · since 2021
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Brugge · since 1967
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since 1973
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Antwerpen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of NEYS ALFONS · General construction of residential buildings · Lummen · since 1990
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since 1990
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Visual arts creation · La Hulpe · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1994
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SINT-HUBERTUS · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nieuwpoort · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of KAFE · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Herentals · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Perfecte Wijn Belgium · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1981
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2021
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Esneux · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2021