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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of VARTEKS TRADING · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1974
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Halle · since 1952
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Hera · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wavre · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association de régie technique et études scientifiques · Sound recording · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2004
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2006
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Translation services · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Herselt · since 2023
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Veterinary services · Roeselare · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2024
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Paris · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Clarios Belgium · Vervaardiging van batterijen en accumulatoren · Brecht · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · Bertem · since 1975
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Genk · since 1988
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Knokke-Heist · since 1976