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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Gembloux · since 2020
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Development of non-residential building projects · Brussel · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Buggenhout · since 2020
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2014
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Brussel · since 2009
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Computer programming · Mortsel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of The Real Estate Effect · Elsene · since 2025
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Kasterlee · since 2025
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Logistics services · Roeselare · since 1995
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Abbreviation of TreeGenerations · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2009
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Abbreviation of STEVENS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS · Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2008
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Wholesale of other household goods · ARCISATE VA · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Veterinary services · Turnhout · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2017
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Moorslede · since 2018
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Computer programming · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Gavere · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mol · since 2022
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2023
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Abbreviation of The Real Estate Effect Asset Management · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of The Real Estate Effect Property Management · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Groothandel in fietsen · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Vormen en bewerken van vlakglas · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 2004