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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Poperinge · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Lier · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Kontich · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brecht · since 2006
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Activities of religious organisations · Courcelles · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VERMEIRE DEGROOTE · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Kruisem · since 2007
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Construction of roads and motorways · Tielt-Winge · since 2000
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Machining of metals · Halle · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Verhelst Projects · Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Aartselaar · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1989
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VERLINC HR & INSURANCE CONSULTANCY · Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Zoersel · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kapellen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zonnebeke · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2020
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Lasne · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Kaprijke · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2024
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Construction of roads and motorways · Tielt-Winge · since 2024
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Other business support services · Wingene · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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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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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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Vervaardiging van batterijen en accumulatoren · Antwerpen · since 1968