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.
“VerKey's”
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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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2007
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Funeral services · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Temse · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Temse · since 1968
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Deinze · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2010
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Mixed farming · Oostkamp · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · since 1995
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Other sports activities · since 2009
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since 1986
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Verenigde Kompostbedrijven · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Dendermonde · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Vervoerkantoor · Oostende · since 1946
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Châtelet · since 2000
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Bonheiden · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Geel · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2016
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since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Koekelare · since 2020
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1989