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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1981
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of SPRL ARTIPROD · Photography, excluding press photography · Vorst · since 2015
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Scott & Bowne · Manufacture of other wood products · Vorst · since 2013
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Activities of interior architects · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Vilvoorde · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Vorst · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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since 2006
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LIEVEN CUVELIER · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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since 1979
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · Leuven · since 1988
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Finishing of textiles · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · Stavelot · since 2024
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Production of cinema films · Silly · since 2024
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Tienen · since 2026
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1998
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Plastering work · since 2018