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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2018
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Existeniële Welzijnszorg · Other education · Geel · since 2008
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2010
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Datachange · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Kortenberg · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Other software publishing · Maasmechelen · since 2004
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2008
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1981
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Abbreviation of VILVOORDS ATERNATIEF JEUGDCENTRUM · Vilvoorde · since 1991
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Media representation · Brugge · since 1997
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Zaventem · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1985
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Abbreviation of EXTERNALIZ-IT · Computer programming · Fernelmont · since 2020
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Bekkevoort · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Computer programming · Edegem · since 2014
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Other education · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EXIT11 Contemporary Art · Performing arts by independent artists · Gembloux · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2009
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Investigation and private security services · Beernem · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Stabroek · since 2025
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
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Other education · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Screed work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2011
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Brussel · since 1973
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2017