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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Wemmel · since 1994
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wijnegem · since 1995
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2019
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Computer programming · Aalst · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2015
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Etterbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of FLESSENGELUK · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Market research and public opinion polling · Affligem · since 2018
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Book publishing · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zoersel · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Awans · since 2002
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1987
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Ingelmunster · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE CONSULTANCE POUR LA PARTICIPATION SOCIALE DES PERSONNES EN SITUATIONS DE HANDICAP · Oudergem · since 1996
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1994
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Activities of bailiffs · Hasselt · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Other business support services · Hoogstraten · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Groupement des Artistes de Varietes · Brussel · since 1958
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Name of an establishment of OSCAR & JAMES · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Nieuwpoort · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 1987
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021