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
55 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2020
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2026
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2013
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News agency activities · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Insulation installation · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · since 1997
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 1992
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2003
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since 2005
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Equestrian clubs · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Mobile food service activities · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Groothandel in fietsen · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1986
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2002
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since 1975
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1995
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since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Putte · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Literary creation · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2019
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Other information service activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Zulte · since 1999
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Gent · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Interior design · since 2021
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lokeren · since 1993
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Koekelberg · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2018
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Event catering · Peer · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Leerkrachten Islamitische Godsdienst in België · Schaarbeek · since 2010