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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1963
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Abbreviation of VAN LANDEGHEM CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 1997
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Other information service activities · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Centrale voor Hulpmiddelenadvies · Brussel · since 1999
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VAN LAER & Co · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Beerse · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Begijnendijk · since 2013
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vrije AtletiekClub Hasselt · Hasselt · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Lokeren · since 1996
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Activities of head offices · Bornem · since 2026
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Kortrijk · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Thuin · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Héron · since 2025
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Wetteren · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Stabroek · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Keerbergen · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Lievegem · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Wommelgem · since 2014
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Strassen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2018
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Kontich · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Rebecq · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Leuven · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Péruwelz · since 2022
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Gent · since 2022
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2011
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Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2005
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Brussel · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aalter · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antoing · since 2025