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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.

“Chess Academy”

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.

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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.

  • Chess Academy same name
    since 1992
  • CENS Academy very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Education Nationale Sportif Academy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
  • Comm'academy very similar
    Other sports activities · Lummen · since 2020
  • SAS ACADEMY very similar
    Vocational training · Antwerpen · since 2009
  • Chess very similar
    Name of an establishment of O'SEANT PARTNER · Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 1987
  • Chess very similar
    Abbreviation of China Europe Strategy Solutions · Translation services · Gent · since 2003
  • CHESS (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment
  • CHESS very similar
    Abbreviation of CHESS IN HEALTH · Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2010
  • C.H.E.S.S. very similar
    Abbreviation of CATERING HOSPITALITY EVENTS SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS · Event catering · Wetteren · since 2010
  • Chess very similar
    Advertising agencies · Ieper · since 2025
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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