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.
“ABSTRACTION”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Turnhout · since 1979
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Development of residential building projects · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Milkshake Label ASBL · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · La Louvière · since 2019
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
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Computer programming · Aalst · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Zandhoven · since 2016
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Quévy · since 1997
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Orp-Jauche · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Oudergem · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · Waimes · since 1990
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Uitgeven van computerspellen · Bierbeek · since 2023
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 1991
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Mettet · since 1994
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Other personal services · Morlanwelz · since 1994
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten
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Other business support services · Pepingen · since 2005
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Grimbergen · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Elsene · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Action Belgium · Other non-specialised retail sale · Asse · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of JU-JU · Other business support services · Assenede · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Welkenraedt · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Hove · since 1986
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · De Haan · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Tinlot · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Jette · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Nivelles · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2013