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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2017
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Verhelst Projects · Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Zoersel · since 2013
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Investigation and private security services · Kortrijk · since 2016
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Roeselare · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brecht · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Vrije Eeklose Radio Omroep · Advertising agencies · Eeklo · since 1982
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Specialist medical practice · Genk · since 1986
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Other retail sale of new goods · Wommelgem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Kluisbergen · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Poperinge · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of BERGGOED · Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2006
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aalst · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Insurance agents and brokers · Aalst · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Elsene · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Deinze · since 1989
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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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Other printing · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Reprobatum · Youth work associations · Vorselaar · since 2025
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1972