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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Football clubs · Sint-Truiden · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Enghien · since 2022
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Brugge · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2020
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since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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since 2014
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since 1992
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since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 1990
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since 1981
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2017
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Translation services · since 2011
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Activities of notaries · Lier · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Gistel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Tubize · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2001
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Funeral services · Deinze · since 2012
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Londerzeel · since 2024
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Other business support services · Lier · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wuustwezel · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Binche · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2015