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.
“2 CREATE”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CREARTE · Beheer van financiële markten · since 1980
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Bastogne · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Computer programming · Grobbendonk · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2018
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Other business support services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lokeren · since 2011
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Gent · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudenaarde · since 2012
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Londerzeel · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2023
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Zoersel · since 1998
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Painting of buildings · Schoten · since 2021
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 2021
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Visual arts creation · Leuven · since 2013
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Visual arts creation · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of VersaWave · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1985
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Beringen · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Gent · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Evergem · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Event catering · Beernem · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bredene · since 2012
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · Aywaille · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Deinze · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2013