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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Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VOOR RAMPENGENEESKUNDE VAN DE MEDISCHE DIENST · Brussel · since 1992
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Dental practice · Waregem · since 2019
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · Waregem · since 1997
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2019
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Other sports activities · since 2001
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since 1987
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2023
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since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Computer programming · since 2003
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2025
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Lisse · since 1968
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Warmenhuizen · since 1977
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2010
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Middelkerke · since 2010
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General medical practice · Jette · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Support activities for animal production · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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since 1985
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Abbreviation of Verham .International Trade · Site preparation · Kortrijk · since 2020