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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Productie van televisiefilms · Mechelen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Ambernest · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Nivelles · since 2017
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Oudergem · since 1987
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Abbreviation of CHROMA IMPACT INVESTMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Elsene · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2026
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Seraing · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of PELMEL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Liège · since 2015
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Other photographic activities · since 2021
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Ukkel · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2007
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Other human health activities · since 2026