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.
“Workshop Box”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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since 1973
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Antwerpen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of NEYS ALFONS · General construction of residential buildings · Lummen · since 1990
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since 1990
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Visual arts creation · Silly · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Essen · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 2012
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2016
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Site preparation · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Merchtem · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of AT WORK · Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · Gavere · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014