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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Waregem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Interior design · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Pajottegem · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Enjeux Solidaires · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Enso Private-Dining · Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Beerse · since 2009
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Translation services · since 1995
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Kortrijk · since 2018
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Other photographic activities · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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Brussel · since 1993