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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

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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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CLOSE TO same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2002
  • Psychology services · since 2021
  • Close to Me very similar
    Name of an establishment of Brave New World · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2008
  • Close to Jou very similar
    since 1997
  • Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1996
  • CLOSE TO YOU very similar
    Computer programming · Ardooie · since 2022
  • Close very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aywaille · since 1965
  • CLOSE very similar
    Elsene · since 1992
  • CLOSE (sole trader) very similar
    Joinery installation · since 2021
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Closer similar
    Reproductie van opgenomen media · Gent · since 2023
  • CLOSE-R similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2011
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
  • CLOSED similar
    Name of an establishment of CLOSED Antwerp · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
  • Close Up similar
    Leuven · since 1987
  • Close-up similar
    Brugge · since 1994
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1992
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
  • Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
  • Close-Up similar
    Name of an establishment of De Meisjes · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Gent · since 2007
  • Close Up similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2007
  • Name of an establishment of Ubuntu CTG Ventures · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2018
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
  • CLOSE ONE similar
    Office administrative and support services · Bornem · since 2026
  • since 2018
  • Clost similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Rixensart · since 2022
  • Name of an establishment of ClozDloop · Materials recovery from waste · Malle · since 2008
  • Compositie van muziek · Hasselt · since 2025
  • Other business support services · since 2026
  • Close, Thierry (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2016

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