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.
“Whitestorks”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Plastering work · Destelbergen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Roller In-Line Hockey White-Sharks asbl · Antoing · since 2015
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of WHITE STUFF LIMITED ( BELGIUM ) · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · LONDRES · since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Inge Haeyaert · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Genk · since 1996
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Travel agency activities · Lanaken · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Lasne · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Asse · since 2019
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Literary creation · Elsene · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Asse · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of coMpro · General construction of residential buildings · Boechout · since 2000
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2024