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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2007
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Employment placement agencies · Leuven · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Malle · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2021
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Other business support services · Anzegem · since 2025
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 1979
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 1998
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Aalst · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1988
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bredene · since 1986
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Brugge · since 2021
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since 1986
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Dental practice · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of WERKGROEP VOOR EEN RECHTVAARDIGE EN VERANTWOORDE LANDBOUW · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Gent · since 1996
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Activities of head offices · Bree · since 2022
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Les Bons Villers · since 1997