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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 2015
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ninove · since 2004
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Oostende · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Financiële lease · Brecht · since 1990
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Other business support services · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lokeren · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Lint · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VZW TEN ANKER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Waregem · since 1974
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Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2003
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Web portal activities · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Saint Martin de Lansuscle · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of WORKIN'PROCESS · Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2017