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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Change Essentials”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Change Essentials same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
  • ESSENTIALS (sole trader) very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2019
  • CHANGE very similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2000
  • CHANGE very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2001
  • CHANGE very similar
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
  • CHANGE very similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2015
  • CHANGE very similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Incourt · since 2008
  • Change very similar
    Name of an establishment of CHANGE THE WORD · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Herent · since 2010
  • Change! very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • CHANGE very similar
    Abbreviation of CHANGE 3600 · Genk · since 2026
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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