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.
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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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Hasselt · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EXTRASCHOOL · Ukkel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Exsportise · Mol · since 2015
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Lubbeek · since 1946
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kortrijk · since 1978
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Association régionale des Centre d'Accueil · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Verviers · since 1987
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Event catering · Lievegem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association de Recherches Appliquées dans la Communauté · Hove · since 1990
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Activités Ré Crée Actives · Sports and recreation education · Tubize · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2025