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.
“Capture Media”
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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Photography, excluding press photography · Kruisem · since 2025
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Productie van televisiefilms · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · Duffel · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VTK · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Mouscron · since 1983
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Waasmunster · since 2014
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2007
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostende · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · Zwalm · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Meise · since 2008
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Abbreviation of EUREGIO MEDIA · Cafés and bars · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1982
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Chièvres · since 1993