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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.

“Vanhee, Pascal”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Landscape service activities · since 1998
  • Sole trader same name
    since 1982
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer programming · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2002
  • Sole trader very similar
    Logging · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1985
  • Sole trader very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
  • VANHEE very similar
    Mixed farming · Nieuwpoort · since 2014
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of sheep and goats · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2007
  • VAN HEE similar
    Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1989
  • VAN HEE similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Teelt van andere eenjarige gewassen, n.e.g. · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2004
  • VAN HEE similar
    Other financial services · Beernem · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
  • Real estate agency activities · Gistel · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2023

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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