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.
“CULTURE-COM”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Mons · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Charleroi · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Charleroi · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brussel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brussel · since 1921
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Waterloo · since 2025
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since 1988
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Mouscron · since 2000
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 2015
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since 1984
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Vorst · since 1998
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Socio-cultural adult education · Roeselare · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Elsene · since 1995
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Gent · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of THE PROTOCOL ROOM · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lievegem · since 2011
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Fitness centres · since 1997
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Operation of sports facilities · Edegem · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Elsene · since 2000
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Other technical testing and analysis · Dour · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Bredene · since 2023
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Mixed farming · Hannut · since 2017
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Brussel · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of The Palm · Cafés and bars · Ninove · since 2013
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Ronse · since 2005
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2008
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Dilbeek · since 1958
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Abbreviation of CULTURA, Portugal - Brasil, association pour lapromotion de la culture Lusitano-Brésilienne · since 2010
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Abbreviation of CULTURA NAMUR · Namur · since 2006
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE FORMATION CONTINUE EN PRATIQUES CULTURELLES ORIENTALES · Incourt · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CULTURE.POINT WAPI · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Tournai · since 2001
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 1988
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Overijse · since 2018
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Leuven · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2024
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Cultural education · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1999
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Other membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Liège · since 2014
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Amay · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MISTER CORA · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Messancy · since 2026
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Dilbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Visual arts creation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
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Liège · since 2025
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Manage · since 1989
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Anderlecht · since 1993