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.
“Audio”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · Bastogne · since 2024
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2014
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Rixensart · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Brussel · since 2011
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Roeselare · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Enghien · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Oupeye · since 2005
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Event catering · Wavre · since 2013
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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 · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Sound recording · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Gent · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Oupeye · since 1993
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Roeselare · since 1955
Names that resemble it 33 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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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Begijnendijk · since 1994
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1991
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2009
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Liège · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Ecaussinnes · since 1980
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1995
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1989
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Middelkerke · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SON FIL · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Chastre · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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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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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Leuven · since 2017
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Activities of company auditors · Oosterzele · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
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Literary creation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Sound recording · Ranst · since 2020
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2010
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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
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Brussel · since 1989