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.
“Activate Group”
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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Sports and recreation education · Waregem · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Activate Belgium · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 1988
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Ganshoren · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Sherlock SEO Agency · Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Diest · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Other business support services · Fléron · since 1999
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Maldegem · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oudenaarde · since 1996
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General cleaning of buildings · Evere · since 1997
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Duffel · since 2006
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brasschaat · since 2005