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.
“BOENK”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Leuven · since 1996
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Boechout · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Meise · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of TINKERLIST.TV · Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Leuven · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Asse · since 2018
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Other information technology and computer services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lier · since 2022
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Buggenhout · since 2019
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Event catering · Genk · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tienen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Bogaerts Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brasschaat · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of ORFEE · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Aarschot · since 2014
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Aarschot · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerking Boe! · Ieper · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BLUE OCEAN EXTENSIONS · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Bree · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Belgian Operational Equipment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of FRANCO · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Leuven · since 2021