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.
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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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Kalmthout · since 2021
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GEURTS ONDERNEMINGEN · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Production of cinema films · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Arendonk · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Kasterlee · since 1994
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lokeren · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of THE BIG BANG FACTORY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Onhaye · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LAGOON BELUX · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2010