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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Elsene · since 2017
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Verviers · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Degroote Real Estate Construct · General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 1991
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Abbreviation of European Video Exchange Network · Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Koksijde · since 2021
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Psychology services · Denderleeuw · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Tielt · since 2026
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Leuven · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of VENTURES MEDIA · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Lasne · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wijnegem · since 1991
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2001
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Kortrijk · since 2016
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General medical practice · since 2018
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MIKE EVENT SERVICES · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2024