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.
“Focus'Inside”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of KIOSK · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Wommelgem · since 1997
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Photography, excluding press photography · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2001
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other sports activities · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1999
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Landscape service activities · since 2001
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diest · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Creative Economical Environmental - FoCuS · Beauvechain · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2006
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · Temse · since 2025
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Vorst · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Lasne · since 1988
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Activities of interior architects · Brugge · since 1991
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Vorst · since 1998
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since 2001
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2016
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Leuven · since 2019
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Other education · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Gent · since 1977
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Assesse · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Focus Information Technology · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Erpe-Mere · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2001
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Zedelgem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Other construction installation · Evergem · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · Meise · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of TOTOBEN · General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Jette · since 2011