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.
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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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2001
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1941
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Zottegem · since 1971
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Vorst · since 1980
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Brasschaat · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Officieren Stafbrevethouders en van de Officieren Militair Administrateurs Brevethouders · Brussel · since 1986
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Kinshasa · since 1995
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Etterbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1987
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1979
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1988
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Opérateurs Culturels des Arts du Conte et de l'Oralité · Elsene · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ContactCare België · Activiteiten van callcenters · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Trade name of Overwatch · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Eeklo · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of LAB21 · Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2006
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Verviers · since 1965
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Tielt-Winge · since 1996
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2018
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Insurance agents and brokers · Eeklo · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1989
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Crisnée · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2004
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Courcelles · since 1995