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.
“Brooks”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · Assenede · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 1989
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · Jette · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Amsterdam · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BROOKS Inspectie & Advies · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Herent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Bronks theater · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Brussel · since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Boom · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Leopoldsburg · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Gent · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Bertem · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2003
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Computer programming · since 2005
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of outerwear · Harelbeke · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of BROOKLYN - GENT · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Harelbeke · since 1980
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Raising of dairy cattle · Bocholt · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BROOM KWADRAAT · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2000
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Stekene · since 2020
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Roofing work · since 2021
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GARCIA · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Grimbergen · since 2000
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Utrecht · since 1978
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1971