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.
“Verbal”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Gent · since 1954
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Turnhout · since 1964
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Full-service restaurants · Damme · since 1982
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Saint-Ghislain · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Verschaeren-Baumans · General construction of residential buildings · Berlaar · since 1986
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Physiotherapy · Lokeren · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Avelgem · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · since 2009
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Maasmechelen · since 2011
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Houthulst · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2024
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Translation services · Tubize · since 2002
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Translation services · Elsene · since 2021
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Translation services · since 2008
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2010
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Other information service activities · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Menen · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Combined facilities support activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Brabantse Auteurs · Dilbeek · since 1996
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Tellin · since 1983
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Extramurale Radiologen van Belgïe · Genk · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Malmedy · since 2014
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Event catering · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Avelgem · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2008
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Weven van textiel · Kortrijk · since 1997
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Fleurus · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2000
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kapellen · since 2000
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1988
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Translation services · Tournai · since 2023
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Brugge · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlare · since 2008
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2012
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Zutendaal · since 2024
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Bricklaying and masonry work · Waregem · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2019