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.
“CREOLE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Waterloo · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waregem · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTOPHE · Full-service restaurants · Rochefort · since 1984
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Beersel · since 1992
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM VOOR VOLWASSENENONDERWIJS CREO · Onderwijs voor sociale promotie · Roeselare · since 1955
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Business and other management consultancy · Les Bons Villers · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rixensart · since 2020
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2021
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Merchtem · since 1981
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Abbreviation of CREATIEF ONDERNEMEN · Activities of interior architects · Oostende · since 1993
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · since 1987
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Centre de Ressources de l'Enseignement Officiel Subventionné · Other educational support services · La Bruyère · since 2016
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Zele · since 2000
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lokeren · since 2023
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Other business support services · Kluisbergen · since 2005
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Other printing · Bièvre · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Steenokkerzeel · since 2008
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Aalst · since 2008
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Neupré · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Creatief Offensief · Pre-press and pre-media services · Tienen · since 2014
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Employment placement agencies · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Wijnegem · since 2022
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Psychology services · Hannut · since 2026
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Virton · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Rencontre et d'Echange odontotechnique · Jette · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Hankard · Verwerking van thee en koffie · Charleroi · since 1968