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.
“Escaping”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hilversum · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Retie · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Aeromaris · Nursing and midwifery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of FinanceLink · Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2016
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of VromanBouw · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tielt · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Aarschot · since 1988
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Operation of sports facilities · Evergem · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Vorst · since 1991
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ESCAPE'S WORKSHOP · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Holsbeek · since 2008
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Stabroek · since 1987
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Abbreviation of European Systems of Civil Aviation · Cultural education · Namur · since 1990
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Abbreviation of European Shisha Community Alliance · Elsene · since 2021