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.
“Zand”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Oostende · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Medeëigenaars gebouw Zand 4 te Lokeren, Zand 4. · Lokeren · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Tea-Room - Restaurant - Hotel - Boudewijn I · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 1973
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Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Sense Operations · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Zandstraat 75 - 77 - 79 te Zoersel · Zoersel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Zandstraat 40 - 42 te Zoersel · Zoersel · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Laakdal · since 2023
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since 2019
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Diksmuide · since 2015
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Manufacture of other wood products · Laakdal · since 2010
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Stabroek · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2019
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's HEER HENDRIKSKINDEREN · since 2006
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Painting of buildings · Brussel · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2022
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hulshout · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Computer programming · Manage · since 2026
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Abbreviation of West-Vlaams Onthaal-Observatie- en Oriëntatiecentrum de Zandberg · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Jabbeke · since 1969
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Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of INDITEX BELGIE-INDITEX BELGIQUE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 1993
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Turnhout · since 1998
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Wijnegem · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Bertem · since 2011
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Bertem · since 2019
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Raising of horses and other equines · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Dessel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2022