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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Tervuren · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2023
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2011
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Land surveying · Kampenhout · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oud-Turnhout · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS INZAMEL CENTRUM TEXTIEL · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Waregem · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VITAL MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT · Market research and public opinion polling · Schaarbeek · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other specialised construction activities · Mol · since 2010
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sambreville · since 2025
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Other construction installation · Lille · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS INFORMATIECENTRUM VOOR TOEKOMSTIGE OUDERS · Pajottegem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VIRTUALIZATION ICT SERVICES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kapellen · since 2015
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Other software publishing · Enghien · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortenaken · since 2026
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Other construction installation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Chaudfontaine · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026