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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of AD-Ventures support · Public relations and communication consultancy · Wavre · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2024
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Other education · since 2025
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2011
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Fitness centres · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ADVANCED VENTURES · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Seraing · since 1998
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Computer programming · Kapellen · since 2021
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Lokeren · since 2013
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Mol · since 2017
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Site preparation · Ukkel · since 2005
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Other software publishing · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Wavre · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ADVENTILL, société notariale · Activities of notaries · Saint-Nicolas · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2022
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2008
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RADUCANENI · since 2009
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Activities of company auditors · Schoten · since 2010
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Trade name of ANCROPIC · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 2008
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026