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.
“BLACKFOX”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kampenhout · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · since 2024
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Other printing · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 2011
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Herstal · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NEW BUCK'S GYM · Sports and recreation education · Seraing · since 1995
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Seraing · since 2019
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Liège · since 2016
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Event catering · Gent · since 2015
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Fitness centres · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Lessines · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Activiteiten van gecertificeerde belastingadviseurs · Beernem · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2019
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BACKFOCUS PROD · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Braine L'Alleud Aqua Collège · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2000
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026