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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Salar Group · Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 1988
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Turnhout · since 2010
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since 2004
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wemmel · since 1991
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Mixed farming · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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since 2018
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Hotels and similar accommodation · De Haan · since 2021
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Tourist information services · since 2022
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Oostende · since 1977
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Freight transport by road · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Support activities for crop production · Maldegem · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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since 1988
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since 2010
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since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006
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since 1999
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 1988
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Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · since 1988
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since 2007
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since 1998
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1992
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since 1998
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since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1988
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since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2009
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General medical practice · since 1989
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Insulation installation · since 2012
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Plastering work · since 2012
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Logging · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016