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.
“Caligari”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Citizen café · Cafés and bars · Wavre · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Thimister-Clermont · since 2017
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Anderlecht · since 1977
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Walcourt · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
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Fitness centres · Beringen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of C.A.L.I.M.E.R.O. · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Evergem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ADAF · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2009
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Menen · since 2003
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Insurance agents and brokers · Neupré · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hamont-Achel · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Cercle Arc-en-ciel Liégeois · Liège · since 2001