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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2011
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Abbreviation of VAN DOORNE IMMOBILIEN · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schilde · since 1993
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of horses and other equines · As · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Aalter · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Oostende · since 1989
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Oostrozebeke · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Vanderleenden Trading And Industry Management · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wielsbeke · since 2003
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Other specialised construction activities · Lier · since 2014
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since 2011
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since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schilde · since 1978
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schilde · since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schilde · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Welkenraedt · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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since 2026
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Sound recording · since 2015
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2014
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1995
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Event catering · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2011
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Other education · since 2006
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025