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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Willebroek · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Merchtem · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · Gent · since 1977
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Dental practice · Schoten · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostkamp · since 1998
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Menen · since 2017
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2022
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2023
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diksmuide · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Funeral services · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 1973
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Wilrijkse Beton-en Bouwhandel · Brasschaat · since 1966
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Demolition · Westerlo · since 2003
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Houthulst · since 2011
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since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Lummen · since 1998
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Neupré · since 2013
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Detailhandel in boeken · Orp-Jauche · since 2014
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Other information service activities · Hamont-Achel · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2013
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since 1975
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since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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since 1990
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2017
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since 1978
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Employment placement agencies · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026