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
47 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Dendermonde · since 1988
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Wetteren · since 2002
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1996
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1985
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1987
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Activities of building architects · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 1990
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Activities of building architects · since 2016
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since 2006
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Cultural education · since 2005
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1999
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Financiële lease · since 1993
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2025
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1993
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Joinery installation · since 1994
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 1981
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since 2018
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since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Lievegem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1990
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since 1973
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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Nijlen · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · Aarschot · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalter · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Damme · since 1990
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Putte · since 1968
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021