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.
“Cumul”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zonhoven · since 2003
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostende · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Luzmo · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Leuven · since 2015
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Aartselaar · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1956
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oud-Heverlee · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Cumulus Media Belgium · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Westerlo · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · Gent · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Châtelet · since 2008
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Wemmel · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Düsseldorf · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Pepingen · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Ravels · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ukkel · since 2021
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Tervuren · since 2008
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of COMME TU FAIS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2019