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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Damme · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Union des Combustibles · ... · since 1968
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Deinze · since 1974
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 1974
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Activities of lawyers · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herzele · since 2023
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Poperinge · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Edegem · since 2005
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2004
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Unic Evergem · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of PLASSCHAERT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of Fransen · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wijnegem · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of IMMOBILIAIRE VENNOOTSCHAP DER VLAANDEREN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ZWIJNAARDE RETAIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of UNIC SUMA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sambreville · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of NAZA RETAIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MAGA - CINE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hamois · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of BARVO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Durbuy · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of BRONE GUI & JEAN · Oreye · since 1971
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Union Internationale des Cinémas · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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since 1975
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2025
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Other legal services · Niel · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1982
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General construction of residential buildings · Pajottegem · since 1982
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1989
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Menen · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Duffel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Horizons.bio · Computer programming · Leuven · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2022
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Aalst · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Elsene · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Seraing · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'Enfance - Kinderfonds van de verenigde Naties · Brussel · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · since 2022
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1980
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liège · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boutersem · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brugge · since 2001
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Wholesale of other household goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Asse · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Unica 10 U.N.O.-Laan 10 te Hemiksem · Hemiksem · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Swaab et Cie · Beyne-Heusay · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortemark · since 1985
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Abbreviation of PROJECT DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1960