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.
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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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Aalst · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VOUCHER ISSUERS ASSOCIATION · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1982
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Advertising agencies · Pelt · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Vorming, Informatie- en Adviescentrum voor KMO · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 1992
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Zulte · since 1995
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Painting of buildings · Ninove · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VIA - Architecture, étude & patrimoine · Activities of building architects · Herstal · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Denderleeuw · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2022
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Activities of bailiffs · Merbes-le-Château · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Oudergem · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1989
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Etalle · since 1992
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · Schoten · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of House of IT Talents · Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2008