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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Site preparation · Geel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · since 1989
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Lier · since 2007
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Construction of roads and motorways · Harelbeke · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Eric Van Meenen · Other retail sale of new goods · Gent · since 1987
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Nursing and midwifery · Ingelmunster · since 2001
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2012
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Other business support services · Wemmel · since 2019
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Balen · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoegaarden · since 2000
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Support activities for crop production · Aarschot · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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Veterinary services · since 1997
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Gingelom · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2001
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kapellen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Schrijnwerkerij Van Mele · Other construction installation · Assenede · since 1970
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Behandeling van gewassen na de oogst en van zaden voor vermeerdering · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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since 1994
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Other education · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · since 1988
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2012
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Event catering · since 2026
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Westerlo · since 1987
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Other business support services · since 1999
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Joinery installation · since 1997
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since 2023