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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 2017
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Forging of metal · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · Hemiksem · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Menen · since 1985
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Other education · since 2018
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Maison des Jeunes Vaniche · Youth work associations · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1977
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since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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Computer programming · Dentergem · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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since 2020
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Roofing work · since 2022
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2011
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since 1993
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2013
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2018
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since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Sound recording · since 2021
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Other cleaning activities · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Machining of metals · since 2009
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2024
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2025
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brugge · since 2024
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Schilde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of UITGEVERIJ VAN IN · Book publishing · Wommelgem · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2005
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since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2010
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2013
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2019
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since 2019
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · since 2019
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Lichtervelde · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
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Event catering · since 2022
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Other education · since 2015
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since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2026
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Roofing work · since 2026
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since 2026