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.
“Firefly”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1990
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Kapellen · since 1999
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Fitness centres · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Lier · since 2020
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hamois · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herentals · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Other software publishing · since 2007
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Trade name of TWINE · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2010
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Jodoigne · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Charleroi · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Bree · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Fondation Internationale pour la Renovation de l'Edition · Brussel · since 1951
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Abbreviation of FONTENY INVEST REAL ESTATE · Rixensart · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of BAYBARS 1903 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Balen · since 2022
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London EC1W 2JT · since 1992
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Event catering · Schilde · since 1995
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Other education · since 2022
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Vocational training · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Forum Inter-Régional des Femmes Congolaises pour le développement-international · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2002