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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Zedelgem · since 1989
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Ranst · since 1961
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Ieper · since 2000
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Other specialised construction activities · Hamont-Achel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Vosselaar · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2016
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Wingene · since 2026
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Mechelen · since 1922
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Gent · since 1995
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ardooie · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vecon Concrete · Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · Geraardsbergen · since 2014
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Coördinatoren van het Deeltijds Beroepssecundair Onderwijs (D.B.S.O.) van het Gemeenschapsonderwijs · Hulshout · since 1996
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Overige openbare orde en civiele veiligheid · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2000
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Activities of building architects · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Other information technology and computer services · Niel · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van kunstmeststoffen en stikstofverbindingen · Riemst · since 2006
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Geel · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wielsbeke · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Keerbergen · since 2009
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Merksplas · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Oosterzele · since 1983
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Kapellen · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Leuven · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Vosch Equine Consulting · Pelt · since 2014
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS ERFGOED CENTRUM · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Beringen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of VERBELEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTORS · Proefboren en boren · Tervuren · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Verhamme Els Consulting · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ASBL-Vecteur · Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brecht · since 1983
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Oostende · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Laakdal · since 1995
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Ukkel · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · Pepinster · since 2014
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Staden · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aalter · since 2022
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Interior design · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2005
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Office administrative and support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 2023
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2024
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Raising of sheep and goats · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2018
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Abbreviation of VISION EUROPE CONGO · Brussel · since 2013