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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1983
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Herentals · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2002
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Herten · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Roeselare · since 2003
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Kortrijk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 1977
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Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of VERHOLLE MARCEL · Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Zonnebeke · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Joinery installation · since 2014
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Site preparation · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of VERMANDEL F. · Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of J.T. Warehousing · Freight transport by road · Dessel · since 1968
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wielsbeke · since 1994
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Painting of buildings · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Wemmel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Binche · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Ravels · since 2012
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Other business support services · Tielt · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Oostrozebeke · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tielt · since 1972
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tielt · since 1974
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Kuurne · since 1984
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Roofing work · Deinze · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Haacht · since 2017
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Ledegem · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Verviers · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wuustwezel · since 2024
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Roofing work · LE BREUIL · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2000
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Mixed farming · since 1982
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Inland freight water transport · since 2018
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Wholesale of other food products · Mortsel · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · Aalter · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2021
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Koekelberg · since 1968
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Anderlecht · since 1977
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Zottegem · since 2010