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.
“COM8”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CASTEUR OPTICS & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Bredene · since 2003
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Abbreviation of COPPENS OOGARTSEN MIDDELENVENNOOTSCHAP · General medical practice · Aalst · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Abbreviation of COM.IT · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of CO MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Stavelot · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of POLITIEZONE : ANDERLECHT - SINT-GILLIS - VORST · Lokale Politie · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of POLITIEZONE : EVERE - SCHAARBEEK - SINT-JOOST-TEN-NODE · Lokale Politie · Evere · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1980
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Coma - Centrum Onthaal Migranten Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Braine-le-Château · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Culturele Ombudsdienst Malderen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Ophtalmologie Médicale et Chirurgicale · Namur · since 1992
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Abbreviation of COMPETENCE (a) · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1999
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Uitgeven van kranten · Namur · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boortmeerbeek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CAPTAIN OF MY SHIP · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2016
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Deinze · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Kortrijk · since 2015
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Verviers · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Trade name of BRIGHT FUTURE INVEST STRATEGY · Other non-specialised retail sale · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2022
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Literary creation · Edegem · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Points Communs · Namur · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Advanced Microelectronics Development · Wholesale of other household goods · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Stabroek · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 2025
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Aartselaar · since 1991
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Brugge · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2014