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.
“Happens”
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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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London · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Gent · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Eghezée · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Lummen · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Research and development on biotechnology · Gent · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aarschot · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Etterbeek · since 2000
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brakel · since 2016
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General medical practice · Lille · since 2017
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BARINA · General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · Erpe-Mere · since 1999
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Retail sale of footwear · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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General medical practice · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Rixensart · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2009
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Bekkevoort · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of MR. HAPPINESS · Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LI.ST - INVEST · Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2024