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.
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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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 1991
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Abbreviation of DEFENSE DES ACTIONNAIRES ET OBLIGATAIRES · Elsene · since 1998
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Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Vorst · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of RITVIV · Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Poperinge · since 2021
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Trade name of Dreams & Colors · Coating of metals · Bornem · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Herve · since 2008
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Stuttgart · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2008
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Other information service activities · Roosdaal · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of AMENO · Advertising agencies · since 1990
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Retie · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2009
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Trade name of Sumo Coders · Computer programming · Gent · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Manhay · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Binche · since 2010
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Youth work associations · Vilvoorde · since 1974
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Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1976
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Wholesale of machine tools · Lievegem · since 1998
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Other tax advisory services · Herentals · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Sambreville · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Gavere · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tournai · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Ukkel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DEFAF, Creative Industries, Multiple Tributaries · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · Brussel · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Landen · since 2017
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 1999