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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Van Olmen, Patsy”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
  • VAN OLMEN very similar
    Balen · since 1992
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2021
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1993
  • VAN OLMEN J. similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Herentals · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of games and toys · since 2025
  • Gent · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen · since 2022
  • General construction of residential buildings · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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