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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Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2019
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1995
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Manufacture of other wood products · Brugge · since 2007
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Manufacture of other wood products · Brugge · since 1974
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since 1978
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Hasselt · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Fabrication et Réalisation Artisanales de Menuiseries Extérieures · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Eghezée · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Waimes · since 1994
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2002
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FRAME STUDIO · Interior design · Brussel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2018
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Literary creation · Hoegaarden · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verlaine · since 2023
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Verviers · since 2025