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.
“AUDIUM”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sound recording · Ranst · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Maarkedal · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Pittem · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Raeren · since 2023
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · INGOLSTADT · since 2005
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Rixensart · since 1991
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 1985
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Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Mechelen · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Assesse · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Gent · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'information de la Correction auditive - Informatiebureau voor Gehoorkorrektie · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Physiotherapy · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Leuven · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Assesse · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Literary creation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van bestralingsapparatuur en van elektromedische en elektrotherapeutische apparatuur · Essen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2012
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2024
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Computer programming · Dendermonde · since 2026