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.
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Web portal activities · Brakel · since 2015
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Operation of sports facilities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Boutersem · since 1999
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2013
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Other education · since 2018
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Interior design · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Fred & Ginger Retail Belgium · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2014
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Aalter · since 2026
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Other software publishing · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Meise · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Bree · since 2022
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Koekelare · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VZW TEN ANKER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Waregem · since 1974
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Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023