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.
“Bluefish”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · La Bruyère · since 2013
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Beringen · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2014
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of SD Fiscal Services · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Other software publishing · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evergem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2018
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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