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.
“GOST”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2019
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 1990
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Wetteren · since 1995
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Market research and public opinion polling · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Vorst · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SECUREX ONDERNEMINGSLOKET - SECUREX GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Other construction installation · Ans · since 2015
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Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · Charleroi · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2011
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Honnelles · since 2002
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Genappe · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Abbreviation of GOSV vzw · Youth work associations · Geel · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · La Louvière · since 2025
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Lokeren · since 2025
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Other business support services · Middelkerke · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ACTIVE MINDS · Activities of holding companies · Zonnebeke · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Fauvillers · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf voor de Ontwikkeling van Sint-Truiden · Development of non-residential building projects · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Kontich · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Groupement de l'Ourthe des Syndicats d'Initiative · Liège · since 1954
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Quaregnon · since 2011