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.
“VERSCHIL”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2011
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DONCASTER · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of KAGO · Cafés and bars · Ichtegem · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brakel · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of MATLIS · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of FIRST LINE CONSULTING · Development of residential building projects · Horebeke · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Berlare · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Jongerencentrum 't Verschil · Sint-Niklaas · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Jeugdhuis 't Verschil · Herenthout · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Begijnendijk · since 2011
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Ninove · since 2007
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Houthulst · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lede · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Koekelare · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Maldegem · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2004
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Mouscron · since 2005
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Forging of metal · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2007
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Wervik · since 1987
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Jabbeke · since 1990
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Staden · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Izegem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2003
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Zuienkerke · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Oostrozebeke · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mesen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Malle · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · Oostende · since 2024
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1989
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Retail sale of bicycles · Hoogstraten · since 1977
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1990
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Activities of building architects · Wuustwezel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalter · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Trade name of Millian · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Tremelo · since 2004
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Site preparation · since 1981