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.
“COPYRIGHT”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gent · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Copyright Belgium · Ukkel · since 1992
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Drukken van dagbladen · Brussel · since 2010
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen
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Book publishing · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Other specialised construction activities · Bornem · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Vorst · since 1993
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Other software publishing · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Amsterdam · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Other software publishing · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Deinze · since 2010
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Genk · since 1990