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.
“Fox Corp”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other tax advisory services · Flémalle · since 2024
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1999
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Oostkamp · since 2019
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2011
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Dental practice · Meise · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Zele · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2009
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Tourist information services · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2006
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1991
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Brugge · since 1966
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1956
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pajottegem · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bassenge · since 1987