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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other information technology and computer services · Lokeren · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of mjPublishing · Book publishing · Malle · since 2006
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Book publishing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 2007
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Koekelare · since 1992
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Book publishing · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ukkel · since 2011
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Other printing · Gent · since 2011
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1992
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Trade name of Donor Productions · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Saint-Ghislain · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
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Book publishing · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TAM TAM · Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1989
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Graphic design and visual communication · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Les Editions de la Santé · Pre-press and pre-media services · Liège · since 1985
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Book publishing · Villers-la-Ville · since 1990
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · Gent · since 2000
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Book publishing · Roeselare · since 2013
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2005
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Book publishing · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gavere · since 1987
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Zoersel · since 1987
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Trade name of BEAM & JEWEL · Performing arts by independent artists · Ukkel · since 1991
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1990
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Other tax advisory services · Aalst · since 1998
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of RACHID MIR · Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Book publishing · Kruisem · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 1994
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Elsene · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Herentals · since 2007
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2007
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2024
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Book publishing · since 2026
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Abbreviation of BEST OF DIGITAL MEDIA · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Elsene · since 1998
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Bonheiden · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MOTTOW MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Oudergem · since 2011
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of UNTOLD · Other sports activities · Haacht · since 2007
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2024
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Other printing · since 1997
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 1987