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.
“WID”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2018
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Saint-Léger (Lux.) · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wingene · since 2019
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Dison · since 1972
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Utrecht · since 1978
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Merksplas · since 1981
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wijnegem · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Oud-Heverlee · since 2002
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lanaken · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2018
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2004
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Other education · Kalmthout · since 2007
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Whinsprattack International · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of WATCH INVEST · Elsene · since 2008
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Abbreviation of WIDE - WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT EUROPE · Brussel · since 1989
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000