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.
-
Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
-
Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
-
Business and other management consultancy · Mesen · since 2011
-
Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Kortrijk · since 2006
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
since 2020
-
Activities of building architects · Wuustwezel · since 2018
-
Mixed farming · since 1987
-
Roofing work · since 2025
-
Plumbing work · since 2013
-
since 2001
-
Mixed farming · since 1990
-
Landscape service activities · since 2013
-
General electrical installation work · since 2016
-
Landscape service activities · since 2016
-
since 1991
-
Other personal services · since 2022
-
Psychology services · since 2022
-
since 1984
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2005
-
Joinery installation · since 2006
-
since 2025
-
Mixed farming · since 2026
-
Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2014
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
-
Other personal services · since 2025
-
Growing of flowers · since 1994
-
Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1998
-
Other business support services · since 2026
-
since 1989
-
Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2018
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1997
-
Literary creation · since 2020
-
since 2021
-
Literary creation · since 2021
-
Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
-
Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
-
Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
-
since 1996
-
Nursing and midwifery · since 2010
-
Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2011
-
since 2012
-
since 1969
-
Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
-
Vocational training · since 2003
-
since 1972
-
Media representation · since 2006
-
Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
-
Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2024
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
-
Media representation · since 2025
-
Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2020
-
Landscape service activities · since 2012