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.
“4MEDIA”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Kampenhout · since 2003
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Brussel · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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News agency activities · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUREGIO MEDIA · Cafés and bars · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1982
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Wholesale of other household goods · Nazareth · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Genappe · since 1992
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Chièvres · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1994
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Steenokkerzeel · since 1999
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Activities of other sports clubs · Zemst · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
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Web portal activities · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1992
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Vorst · since 2009
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2010
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Schelle · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2012
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2005
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Media representation · since 2008
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Attert · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1985
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Ukkel · since 1989
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Turnhout · since 2004
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Lochristi · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Groep-JD · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Galmaarden · since 2004