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.
“Columbus”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Maarkedal · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of D.S. CONSULTING · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of DE GOUDEN KROON · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of JDC VERZEKERINGEN · Insurance agents and brokers · Tienen · since 2018
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Diest · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Schilde · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2004
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Other education · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 2008
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Combined facilities support activities · Brussel · since 2000
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Antwerpen · since 1969
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Insurance agents and brokers · Hasselt · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of COLOMBUS - HTC · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Event catering · Mechelen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2003
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Mouscron · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of THIS CLOSE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hasselt · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · schoppingen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2004
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Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · Helsinge · since 2026
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Columban - Espace de Cultures · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Wavre · since 1980
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kruisem · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · Geraardsbergen · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herselt · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Evergem · since 2024
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Waregem · since 1982