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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Poperinge · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of VERBEKE OUTDOOR · Wholesale of machine tools · Deinze · since 1973
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wingene · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of A. VERBEKE BRUGGE · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Brugge · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zulte · since 1999
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Plumbing work · Asse · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Erpe-Mere · since 2022
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Deinze · since 1985
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Literary creation · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2020
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Varkensvetmesterijen · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2012
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since 1972
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since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Drogenbos · since 1968
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Affligem · since 1983
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 2015
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Dental practice · Tielt · since 2012
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Physiotherapy · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2016
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since 2022
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Plastering work · since 1999
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2007
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Other education · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VERBEKEN KATHLEEN · Lokeren · since 2006
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Compositie van muziek · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Finishing of textiles · since 2014
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Trade name of Advocaat Steven VERBEKE · Activities of lawyers · Tienen · since 2014
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since 1985
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Raising of other animals · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2020
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Support activities for animal production · since 1998
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since 2018
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Other personal services · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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since 2019
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Tourist information services · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1997
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since 2001
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Heuvelland · since 2003
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2008
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · since 2024
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 2024
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Media representation · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026