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.
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Zoersel · since 2003
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Leuven · since 1982
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Lierde · since 1989
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Abbreviation of International Industrial Technology Holland · Roosendaal · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Houthulst · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kraainem · since 2014
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1982
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2018
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Vorst · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Innovative Technologie · Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2013
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Roofing work · Laakdal · since 2021
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Dental practice · Charleroi · since 2011
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Perwez · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2002
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Torhout · since 2022
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Painting of buildings · Brugge · since 1999
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2015
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Other education · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Liège · since 2025
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Noisy le Sec · since 1980
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Activities of holding companies · Büllingen · since 1988
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Rotselaar · since 1990
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Computer programming · Dilbeek · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Toegankelijk Vlaanderen · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 2017
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Computer programming · Aalst · since 2022
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Insulation installation · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Insulation installation · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Holsbeek · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Abbreviation of International Executives Benelux · Elsene · since 1971