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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Kaprijke · since 2025
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Other software publishing · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Tournai · since 2005
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VERED INVEST · Vormen en bewerken van vlakglas · Ranst · since 1968
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Specialist medical practice · Genk · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Reform, Dieet en Natuurvoeding · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 2021
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Genk · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Aalst · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Alken · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Fitness centres · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2023
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Beveren · since 2010
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since 2018