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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Willebroek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1994
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Funeral services · since 2026
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Other information service activities · Hamont-Achel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Herent · since 1991
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Media representation · Elsene · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Menen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2026
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since 1978
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since 2020
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Merchtem · since 2005
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since 1969
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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since 1991
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since 1969
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since 1975
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Inland freight water transport · since 2024
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since 2025
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2015
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since 1990
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · since 1973
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2001
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Other education · since 2022
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Wilrijkse Beton-en Bouwhandel · Brasschaat · since 1966
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Other tax advisory services · Destelbergen · since 1982
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Other education · since 2018
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Kippenkwekerijen · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2008
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Site preparation · since 2016
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Demolition · Westerlo · since 2003
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since 1961
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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 1969
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since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Kasterlee · since 2022