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.
“homework”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2011
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Gent · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 2000
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Rumst · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Vorst · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of In-Motion Software · Computer programming · Izegem · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merksplas · since 1993
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Zemst · since 1996
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Other specialised construction activities · Zoersel · since 2000
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Laarne · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2014
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2000
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Mortsel · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Berlaar · since 2004
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Aalst · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of @HOME ASSURANCE · Office administrative and support services · Charleroi · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Geel · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Boechout · since 2025
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of HOMEGEVING · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Nijlen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of VAN POUCKE ROBERT · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1991
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Genk · since 1992
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000