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.
“VERAD”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1991
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Oostende · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Zwevegem · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Zaventem · since 1953
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Combined facilities support activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wingene · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Heuvelland · since 2005
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Turnhout · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Buccaneer · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Boechout · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of VERHAVERT - ENGELEN · Leuven · since 1998
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Translation services · since 2007
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of AUTONOOM PROVINCIEBEDRIJF VLAAMS-BRABANTS EXTRANET VOOR REGIO EN ADMINISTRATIE · Computer programming · Leuven · since 2000
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since 1988
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Overijse · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2000
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Aalst · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Sambreville · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Balen · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Wingene · since 2012
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Gooik · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2008
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Putte · since 1971
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Lommel · since 1976
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Roeselare · since 1983
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Abbreviation of VEHICLE RACING CORPORATION · Advertising agencies · Kruisem · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Kontich · since 1985
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Real estate agency activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of BOUW- EN CONSTRUCTIEBEDRIJF VE-RA-BO · Joinery installation · Aarschot · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2003
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Joinery installation · Lubbeek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Maldegem · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of VERBABO · General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Affligem · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2025
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Oudenburg · since 2025