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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1946
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Other business support services · Balen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brecht · since 1985
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 1991
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Braine-le-Château · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · Genk · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Oostkamp · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Oosterzele · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Pig breeding farms · Houthulst · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Dalhem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CrévaCal · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Kortemark · since 2024
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Kasterlee · since 2011
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Event catering · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2011
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Wichelen · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 1997
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Essen · since 2014
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Dental practice · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2001
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2015
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Retail sale of footwear · Mettet · since 2020
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Tielt · since 1983
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Waterloo · since 1988
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Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of VIRTUALISERS of VANAGT CONSULTING · Computer programming · Brussel · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of SI-Spine · Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2013
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VAN A & J GROUP · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Elsene · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Retail sale of footwear · Binche · since 1986