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.
“Action Point”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of sports facilities · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2006
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Painting of buildings · Kortrijk · since 2004
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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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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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Advertising agencies · Hove · since 1986
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1990
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Binche · since 1990
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Ganshoren · since 1991
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Landen · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Verviers · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2015
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Dison · since 2022
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Zonhoven · since 2025
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Mechelen · since 1983
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Namur · since 1990
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Namur · since 1993
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lier · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2001
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Computer programming · Tubize · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2010
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Liège · since 1992
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Liège · since 1995