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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Braine-le-Château · since 2016
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Ledegem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1977
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Luxembourg · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Menen · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAYBELLE · Retail sale of other household articles · Gent · since 2015
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Screed work · Nijlen · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Beersel · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Poperinge · since 2021
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Overijse · since 2024
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Plastering work · Oudergem · since 1961
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Chaudfontaine · since 1976
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Real estate agency activities · Dendermonde · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van schoeisel · Tielt · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of VANO IMMO · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tournai · since 1986
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Wevelgem · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2013
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Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2016
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Wavre · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · De Panne · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2021
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Charleroi · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Edegem · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lubbeek · since 2012
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Maldegem · since 2003
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2007
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Pig breeding farms · Geel · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lille · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lier · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Laakdal · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Herve · since 1987
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Lichtervelde · since 1993
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2017
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Brussel · since 2017
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Travel agency activities · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Deerlijk · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Ronse · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of footwear · Binche · since 1986
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since 2018