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.
“AB SOUND”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of AUTHENTIC BLEND · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Opwijk · since 2013
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Opwijk · since 2024
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2014
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Cultural education · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Other business support services · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Liège · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2012
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Demolition · Evergem · since 2002
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1999
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1992
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1996
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2005
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2012
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Aarschot · since 2025
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Sound recording · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Waterloo · since 2025
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP BUSINESS SCHOOL ORGANISATION COMMITTEE · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Perwez · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Izegem · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maldegem · since 2007