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.
“FUNKY”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Brussel · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2013
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Venture Queue · Computer programming · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Herentals · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2014
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2007
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Other information technology and computer services · Gent · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mons · since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Joste Nature · Landscape service activities · Ecaussinnes · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DECRAMAT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zulte · since 2006
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Herenthout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SOUL + FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2016
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since 2007
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Braine-le-Château · since 2024
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Bonheiden · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Akabe Funk · Waregem · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Waregem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Funky Development · Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Computer programming · Aalst · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2001
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2022
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Beringen · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Abbreviation of FORUM UMBERTO NOBILE · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Seraing · since 2023
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2021
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Trade name of Studio Nest · Advertising agencies · Boortmeerbeek · since 2016
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Jette · since 2026
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Elsene · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of FUN BELGIUM · Other non-specialised retail sale · Brugge · since 1990