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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · Nieuwpoort · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wuustwezel · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Productie van televisiefilms · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · Duffel · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VTK · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Mouscron · since 1983
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insulation installation · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Kortemark · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of LEVEAUX-MS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Theux · since 2009
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of RE CREATION - Marjorie Fontaine · Psychology services · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2019
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Event catering · Geel · since 2008
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Other printing · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · Sombreffe · since 2005
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antoing · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Tielt · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1972
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Morlanwelz · since 1989