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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Begijnendijk · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2024
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Abbreviation of FINANCIELE- EN BEHEERMAATSCHAPPIJ · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Putte · since 1980
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Retail sale of household furniture · Riemst · since 1982
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Blankenberge · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1994
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Activities of bailiffs · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Lille · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2007
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Riemst · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1968
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Bio - Ecologisch Bouwen en Wonen · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brussel · since 2000
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since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2019
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · De Haan · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Genappe · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Berlaar · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2008
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Hasselt · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Wuustwezel · since 1992
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Enghien · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Lichtervelde · since 2021
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Socio-cultural adult education · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of DERCI CONCEPT · Cafés and bars · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Beleid en Strategie · Brussel · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AKINTAS · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2020