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.
“Your Next Step”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Ath · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · since 1991
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Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Mons · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sombreffe · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2011
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Other education · since 2004
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Waterloo · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2015
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Activities of other sports clubs · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MOTOR RACING SERVICE · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Youth Opportunities, Unity & Skills Through Empowerment and Participation · Jette · since 2026
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Leuven · since 2009