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
35 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 · Binche · since 1998
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of RESTAURANT NOVA · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Bertem · since 1983
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Translation services · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
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Dental practice · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ALGEMEEN ZIEKENHUIS NETWERK VERONICA · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Dental practice · Ukkel · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Oudenaarde · since 2011
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since 2022
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2022
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Tourist information services · since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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since 1990
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since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2023
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since 2025
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Queen Veronica I · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Asse · since 1969
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Brussel · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2026
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Schilde · since 1987
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Manufacture of jewellery · As · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hove · since 2008
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Anderlecht · since 1996
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of PANE · Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of AMED · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Wemmel · since 1983
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Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1982