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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Elsene · since 1967
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Anzegem · since 2022
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Zottegem · since 1975
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Gent · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roncq · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of TREVI BRUXELLES · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1980
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Roofing work · Boussu · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of TRACI · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waterloo · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 1999
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Walcourt · since 2023
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Brecht · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of TREVI VLAANDEREN · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of FRANCESCO · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1990
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Elsene · since 2009
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Handel in elektriciteit · Gent · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Televerkoop, Reclame en Varia · Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1997
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Mixed farming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2026
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Geel · since 1970
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Zaventem · since 1984
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Other business support services · Lochristi · since 1999
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Other business support services · Anhée · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Knokke-Heist · since 1979