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.
“Tom Goethals”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortrijk · since 1979
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General construction of residential buildings · Zuienkerke · since 1979
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Damme · since 1984
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Dentergem · since 1989
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Painting of buildings · Waregem · since 2001
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2014
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Support activities for animal production · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2003
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Jozef Goethals · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Computer programming · since 2022
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2008
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · Lievegem · since 2006