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.
“GRAFFIT”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BLANCHE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lontzen · since 1984
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Bocholt · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Other printing · Bornem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of MUTZHAGEN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lontzen · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Lokeren · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DESDEMONA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Geel · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of M.D. COMPANY · Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Ukkel · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zandhoven · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Jodoigne · since 2002
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Youth work associations · Gent · since 1975
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Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Finishing of textiles · Bornem · since 2018
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1990
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Turnhout · since 2024
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Tienen · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Other printing · Bornem · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2011
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Visual arts creation · Rumes · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1982
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Graff One Street art · Bocholt · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Chièvres · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Gratis Festival Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1984
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Brussel · since 1972
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Liège · since 1951
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Liège · since 1984