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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Painting of buildings · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortenberg · since 1992
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Brugge · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van holglas · Mechelen · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Oudenaarde · since 1927
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Other financial services · Aalst · since 2018
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Mixed farming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of VENTO INTERNATIONAL · Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2003
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2003
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Gent · since 1929
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Destelbergen · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2015
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Brussel · since 2018
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Land surveying · Destelbergen · since 2019
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Other legal services · Ieper · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Tielt · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Haaltert · since 2026
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Pet boarding · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BICO TRADING · Groothandel in overig textiel · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
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Floor and wall tiling · Laakdal · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2008
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2020