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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limbourg · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hulshout · since 1988
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Pelt · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Tremelo · since 1998
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Varkensvetmesterijen · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · since 1997
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Aarschot · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1986
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Chaudfontaine · since 1996
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Other information technology and computer services · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Oudenaarde · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mortsel · since 2007
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Other personal services · since 1997
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since 1986
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since 1998
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since 2016
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1990
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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since 1993
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DDN Consultancy · Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2023
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since 1986
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Other software publishing · since 2003
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since 1986
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Mixed farming · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1987
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2015
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1980
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Advertising agencies · since 1990
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2023
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since 1994
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Land surveying · since 1987
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2023
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since 1980
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since 1991
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since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1979
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1985
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1996
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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since 1986
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since 1984
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since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Kaprijke · since 2020