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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Mouscron · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SOLE TRADING · Retail sale of footwear · Wanze · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · since 2023
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2010
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Computer programming · Jalhay · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2024
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Literary creation · Hasselt · since 2024
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2020
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Other business support services · Stabroek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Fields Are Burning Studio · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Retie · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 2024
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Computer programming · Boechout · since 1993
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Menen · since 2015
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Factor Plus · Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2010
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020