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.
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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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2022
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Production of cinema films · Evere · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2024
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2002
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2008
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since 1994
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Linkebeek · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Evere · since 1986
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URK · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
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Geetbets · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CAMERON CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Communauté des artistes en musique électronique · Saint-Ghislain · since 2017
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ART MOBILE ET EPHEMERE · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2004
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Overijse · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Ukkel · since 1994
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Productie van televisiefilms · Aartselaar · since 2014
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Machining of metals · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Brugge · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants
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Name of an establishment of D & DI MANAGEMENT · General construction of residential buildings · Elsene · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of HOSDEY ET CO · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'APPRENTISSAGE DES METIERS DU CUIRS · Vocational training · Gesves · since 1986
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Plumbing work · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of TIBELMA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Chastre · since 1991
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Wholesale of machine tools · Westerlo · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education et de Réadaptation au Travail · Vocational training · Tournai · since 1993
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Translation services · Kruisem · since 2000
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Genk · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2007
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Willebroek · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1959
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Ninove · since 1972
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Nivelles · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · since 2011