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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Interior design · Brussel · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of SABOLO · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Ukkel · since 2019
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2018
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of HOUSE MAONO · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Financial Reporting Studio · Activities of company auditors · Wijnegem · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · Schilde · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Gent · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Liège · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2006
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Kunstencentrum De Studio - Villanella · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Destelbergen · since 1996
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Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2000
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Asse · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Eeklo · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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since 1995
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Activities of interior architects · Schoten · since 2020
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Other sports activities · Ingelmunster · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2021
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Dinant · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Other education · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Ukkel · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025