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.
“Brainstorms”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Villers-la-Ville · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1992
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Other education · Gent · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Brasschaat · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · As · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1994
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Computer programming · Ans · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1999
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · De Panne · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2006
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Verviers · since 1992
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · Stekene · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of BRAINSTORM solutions and consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1999
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Etterbeek · since 2025
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Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2014
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1993
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Geraardsbergen · since 1993