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.
“Calligramme”
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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Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Fribourg · since 1994
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Herve · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Herve · since 1968
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Braine-le-Château · since 2007
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 1993
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Other printing · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brussel · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1986
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Aalst · since 1992
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Liège · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · Verviers · since 2017