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.
“Clown”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Genk · since 1981
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Mettet · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Le Money · Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Tubize · since 1980
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Translation services · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2003
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Other social work without accommodation · Profondeville · since 2002
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · Ukkel · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2011
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Maaseik · since 1974
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2006
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Seraing · since 1995
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Other social work without accommodation · Thuin · since 1997
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1996
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Ath · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2010
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Liège · since 1998
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hemiksem · since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre de Littérature Orale · Waremme · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Centre de Loisirs Ovifat · Other sports activities · Liège · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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roubaix · since 2018