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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hulshout · since 1988
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Pelt · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dalhem · since 2007
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Halle · since 1982
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2020
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2026
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Lokeren · since 1993
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Koekelberg · since 2013
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2013
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News agency activities · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2018
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Insulation installation · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · since 1997
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Event catering · Peer · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2011
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2003
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since 2005
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Equestrian clubs · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Leerkrachten Islamitische Godsdienst in België · Schaarbeek · since 2010