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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Brussel · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Philippeville · since 2020
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2008
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Other tax advisory services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Raising of horses and other equines · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1999
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Abbreviation of COMTEL GROUP · Leuven · since 1994
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hoogstraten · since 2020
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Waregem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Comité quartier Saint-Nicolas ASBL · Other amusement and recreation activities · Dinant · since 2020
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Other printing · Affligem · since 1995
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Other legal services · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Other tax advisory services · since 2026
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Deinze · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Comite Belge pour l'analyse critique des parasciences · Oudergem · since 1949
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Abbreviation of Comité Protestants-Evangelisch Godsdienstonderwijs · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Abbreviation of KAMP KARNAVAL 2002 · Leopoldsburg · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Comite Auxiliaire d'Action des Employes et Artisans Chomeurs du Grand-Bruxelles · Brussel · since 1934
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Freight transport by road · Deerlijk · since 1989
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Diest · since 2000
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Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herstal · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Computer programming · Mettet · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Braine-le-Château · since 1989
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Computer programming · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of CO & MI · Event catering · Heers · since 2011
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Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Comiteit Vorming Sport Ontspanning · Bocholt · since 1962
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Diepenbeek · since 2004
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Activities of bailiffs · Brussel · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Koksijde · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Colfontaine · since 2006
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Eupen · since 1982
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Oudenaarde · since 1985
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Genk · since 1991
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Support activities for crop production · Pajottegem · since 1998
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1999
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Activities of notaries · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2020
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Computer programming · Chastre · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Communauté de l'Isolation Thermique et Acoustique - Gemeenschap voor Thermische en Akoestische · Elsene · since 1962
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Ganshoren · since 1982