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.
“Backstage”
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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of DOBACA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ARTIST CORNER · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lasne · since 1992
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since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Backstage.Network · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Zandhoven · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of GÜLÜM AMSTERDAM · Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 1996
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Charleroi · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of LOGISTRAK · Freight transport by road · Zaventem · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ARTEBEL · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zedelgem · since 2000
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Schoten · since 2007
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Event catering · Brugge · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of BACKSTAGE DESIGN & PRINT · Graphic design and visual communication · Beauvechain · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Pelt · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Geel · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of AARONAZAD · Hairdressing and barber services · Wemmel · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ukkel · since 2011
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · Aarschot · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Asse · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tellin · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ichtegem · since 2021
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of LBDB · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Opwijk · since 2022
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Bree · since 2009