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.
“Tim Aerts”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Bornem · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · Westerlo · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zottegem · since 1967
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 1987
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Site preparation · Herk-de-Stad · since 1993
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lommel · since 1993
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Visé · since 1994
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1997
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2016
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Market research and public opinion polling · Peer · since 2018
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Mixed farming · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Diest · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · Zonhoven · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Sound recording · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Beringen · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Brecht · since 2017
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Kontich · since 2020
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Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2024
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Brugge · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Assessment, (E)vidence-based Research & Treatment of Speech disorders · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 1984