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.
“Fairy Tale”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Employment placement agencies · Roeselare · since 2012
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Vocational training · Lessines · since 2013
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · Eeklo · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Mechelen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Willebroek · since 2023
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Sambreville · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BYT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Union professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel électrotechnique · Vorst · since 1938
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Abbreviation of Union Professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel Electronique · Brussel · since 1938
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Firma van Architecten en Ingenieurs in Roeselare · Activities of building architects · Roeselare · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Ans · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2011
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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Westerlo · since 1992