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.
“Blue Marker”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 1984
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bornem · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2001
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1982
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of The Blue · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Re-Sheltered · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2025
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Perwez · since 1993
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Other education · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BLUE MARLIN KNOKKE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Ukkel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Zaventem · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wavre · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Bitshift · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Oudergem · since 2010