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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Hooglede · since 2012
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2008
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of LAURENT FIRRE SPORT · Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Hamois · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dalhem · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1996
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Retail sale of antiques · Ieper · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Lubbeek · since 2025
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Plumbing work · since 1998
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Plumbing work · Hoeilaart · since 2004
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Abbreviation of family sport · Activities of other sports clubs · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of LOMAN PASCAL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 1993
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Roofing work · Beringen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van Wolf · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Lede · since 2015
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Brussel · since 2015
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2016
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Grez-Doiceau · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Denderleeuw · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Laarne · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Aalst · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Gent · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Maarkedal · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2005
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Psychology services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2025
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Proefboren en boren · Denderleeuw · since 1995
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Liège · since 1996
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Trade name of ADHD · Activities of building architects · Lebbeke · since 2018