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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Wanze · since 2022
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Other construction installation · Assesse · since 2020
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Retail sale of other household articles · Beerse · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Beersel · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Zele · since 2021
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Raising of other animals · Estinnes · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 2010
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Kortrijk · since 1983
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Lebbeke · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Putte · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Anderlues · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Roeselare · since 2015
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Other specialised design activities · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · Wielsbeke · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Cawa · Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Brugge · since 1958