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.
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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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Pittem · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Real estate agency activities · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of IKENGIE · Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2008
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Maarkedal · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Other business support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2025
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lichtervelde · since 1991
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Jette · since 1994
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Tremelo · since 2022
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Pet training · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waregem · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of NVH Invest · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2026
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since 1994
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Torhout · since 1979
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Kortrijk · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 1995
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Beringen · since 2001
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2014
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Materials recovery from waste · Houthulst · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Damme · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Malmedy · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Essen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2016
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalst · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oud-Heverlee · since 2015
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Site preparation
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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Roeselare · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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Ath · since 2009
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Boechout · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Insurance agents and brokers · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Stabroek · since 2005
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Eeklo · since 2005
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anzegem · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021