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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 2016
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Other education · since 2021
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Charleroi · since 1987
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Name of VANACKER MARNIX EN ERIC · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Poperinge · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Deblauwe · Mixed farming · Vleteren · since 2011
Names that resemble it 64 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2016
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Other construction installation · Menen · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Jabbeke · since 1987
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Waterlandkerkje · since 1997
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Middelkerke · since 2002
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Site preparation · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1994
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1997
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Land surveying · Wetteren · since 1996
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2000
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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Activities of building architects · since 1994
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1987
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since 1990
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Activities of interior architects · since 1997
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since 1997
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Other information service activities · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Vanackere G.C.V. · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 2011
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since 1969
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Event catering · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Oostende · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1992
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Event catering · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · since 2021
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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since 1991
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since 1988
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General medical practice · since 2019
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since 1995
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Psychology services · since 2019
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since 2000
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2007
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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since 1977