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.
“FLASHBAG”
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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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Overijse · since 1993
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2023
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London · since 2007
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 1986
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since 1987
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1981
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Anderlecht · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of MAXY · Retail sale of footwear · Liège · since 1978
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Abbreviation of FONDS LIEGEOIS D'AIDES SPECIFIQUES AUX HANDICAPES · Liège · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brugge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GUUS VRIENS · Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Machining of metals · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Ans · since 2012
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Photography, excluding press photography · Lommel · since 2018
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Sound recording · Couvin · since 2008
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Assenede · since 2019
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Le Port · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Flanders Airsoft League · Oostende · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Fierce Lifeguard Association Ghent · Gent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FLAG TOURISME · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sprimont · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Saint-Ghislain · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of G.L.B. - S.P.R.L. · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brussel · since 1974
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ninove · since 1985
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Liège · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of HWNV · Cafés and bars · Pelt · since 2011
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2004