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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Book publishing · Zonhoven · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2000
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Herentals · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Brussel · since 2001
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herk-de-Stad · since 2014
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Boom · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Genk · since 2009
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK · Other research and development on natural sciences · Mol · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Vrij Instituut voor Technisch Onderwijs Vito St. Lambertus · Beerse · since 1965
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Leuven · since 1998
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2018
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oostende · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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General cleaning of buildings · Jabbeke · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ECC · Other specialised construction activities · Lessines · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of VISITEC CONSULT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wemmel · since 2010
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Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Nieuwpoort · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 1963
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Oostende · since 1983
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Wevelgem · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Roeselare · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Diest · since 1998
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VISIE VAN COPPENOLLE-VANDENBUSSCHE · Buying and selling of own real estate · De Panne · since 2009
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Land surveying · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Stad Lier · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lier · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kraainem · since 2022
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Activities of notaries · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1977
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Ukkel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Vision, Coördinatiecentrum voor communicatie en beeldkultuur · Tongeren · since 1991
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Retail sale of household furniture · Kapellen · since 1995
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since 1997
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kapellen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2016
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Other education · Heuvelland · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bocholt · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Pelt · since 2024
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Izegem · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Maldegem · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 1999