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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roofing work · Herselt · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2009
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ternat · since 1991
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Tremelo · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · Hoogstraten · since 1993
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Poperinge · since 1994
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Londerzeel · since 2006
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Rijkevorsel · since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · since 2026
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Trooz · since 1999
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Grimbergen · since 2011
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since 1955
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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since 2024
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Cultural education · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · Kortenberg · since 2006
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Mixed farming · Pepingen · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · Westerlo · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Aarschot · since 2000
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Activities of bailiffs · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Mechelen · since 2016
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Glaszetten · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2017
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2023
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021