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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · Huldenberg · since 2020
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Pompes funèbres Van Ees begrafenissen · Funeral services · Jette · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Mons · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · Asse · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geraardsbergen · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Charleroi · since 2022
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2003
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Evere · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Dr Eric THIRY - Docteur en médecine · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Balen · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · since 1989
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since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Truiden · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Overijse · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Tielt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2018
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of GERLU · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aartselaar · since 1999
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Rotselaar · since 2000
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2009
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Plumbing work · Oostkamp · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Andenne · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2015
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lille · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · since 2007
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Veterinary services · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Schoten · since 1955
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1988
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Amsterdam · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · Other information technology and computer services · Tubize · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of HEMLOCK MANAGEMENTS · Other amusement and recreation activities · Riemst · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of jewellery · Rumst · since 2025
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since 2024
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Raising of other animals · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Erquelinnes · since 2025
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Bernissart · since 1968