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.
“B. Matters”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MATTERS COLLECTIVE · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other household goods · Lier · since 1991
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2022
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Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2011
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2013
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Elsene · since 2015
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Visual arts creation · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Other education · since 2022
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2020
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1999
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NUE-ISENBURG · since 2007
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Psychology services · Schelle · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
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Leuven · since 2019
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Ath · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Psychology services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2025