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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Profondeville · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of IN-Z · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1996
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of WENDY-SOLUTIONS · Office administrative and support services · Kontich · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of West, Geassocieerde Notarissen · Activities of notaries · Koksijde · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gistel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Materials recovery from waste · Menen · since 1968
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SOFIA-VAZRAZHDANE · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Aalter · since 2023
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Bunnik · since 1987
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Other information technology and computer services · Asse · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2025
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Gent · since 1968
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Travel agency activities · Middelkerke · since 2002
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Joinery installation · Westerlo · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2000