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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Anderlecht Youth Talents · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Box Y'r Talent · Brussel · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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since 1996
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Schilde · since 1988
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Beerse · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Baarle-Hertog · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geraardsbergen · since 2009
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Wholesale of timber · Lier · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merksplas · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Buggenhout · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laakdal · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2019