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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Willebroek · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1985
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Brugge · since 2001
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Office administrative and support services · Anderlecht · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of NPCG · Other legal services · Schoten · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Torhout · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FERRIERE INVESTMENT · Genappe · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Lendelede · since 2009
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2011
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Compagnie FEST · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of The European Federation of the Sanitary and Heating Wholesale Trade · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2022
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION FOR EUROPEAN STORYTELLING · Other membership organisations · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Andenne · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Ieper · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019