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.
“Brainwork”
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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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 1999
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Psychology services · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kortenaken · since 1988
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Computer programming · Westerlo · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2019
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1994
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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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Wommelgem · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1994
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Other information technology and computer services · Mechelen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Abbreviation of BrainXplore Neuroconsulting · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Beheer van financiële markten · Grimbergen · since 2007
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2026
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Geraardsbergen · since 1993