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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Translation services · Zaventem · since 1995
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lochristi · since 2007
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Plumbing work · Wichelen · since 2023
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Other specialised design activities · since 2013
Names that resemble it 64 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Halle · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2008
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since 2017
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since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Antoing · since 2010
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 2023
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since 2000
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Site preparation · since 2003
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Sas van Gent · since 1976
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since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Other education · since 2014
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since 1986
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since 2017
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since 1997
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since 2023
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since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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since 2018
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Other business support services · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2020
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Roofing work · since 2026
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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 other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2002
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2017
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2012
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since 1993
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Production of cinema films · since 2004
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2005
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Other retail sale of food · since 2006
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Sound recording · since 2024
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since 2024
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Veterinary services · since 2025
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since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1968
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Wingene · since 1985
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Veurne · since 1989
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Dental practice · Wervik · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Wingene · since 1995
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Plumbing work · Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Middelkerke · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Halle · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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since 1987
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Lochristi · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2026