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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Maldegem · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1994
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 1991
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Begijnendijk · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2020
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since 1984
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 1988
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since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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since 2017
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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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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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since 2014
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Support activities for animal production · since 1995
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Tourist information services · since 2024
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2023
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Other sports activities · since 2024
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since 2019
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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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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Tremelo · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kalmthout · since 2003
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since 1982
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1998
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Temse · since 2011
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2001
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since 1984
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Logistics services · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2020
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2013
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1996
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 1993
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1982
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since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Denderleeuw · since 2010
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since 1987
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2005
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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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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since 1996
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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since 2020