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.
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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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lanaken · since 1988
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · Oostrozebeke · since 2026
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Wallijn & Co · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostende · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of V.A.I. CORPORATION · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Wilmington, 19807-0477 · since 1995
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS ARCHITECTUURINSTITUUT · Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Insulation installation · La Louvière · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Deinze · since 2016
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Other education · since 2022
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Other human health activities · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Other construction installation · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of TOTCH · Retail sale of other household articles · Pelt · since 2016
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Other financial services · Dendermonde · since 2022
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since 2016
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of VLDG · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Dental practice · since 2024