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.
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Schoten · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Willebroek · since 2008
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2026
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · Mechelen · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Kortrijk · since 1970
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2001
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1991
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2002
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1983
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Psychology services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of KRUISBOS · Veterinary services · Rotselaar · since 2001
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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News agency activities · Bierbeek · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Ellezelles · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Book publishing · Fléron · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Informatie, Opleiding en Onderzoek over Stotteren · Boom · since 1994
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostrozebeke · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Brakel · since 2025
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Other printing · BENEDEN-LEEUWEN · since 2026