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.
“Hired”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MARILYNE COMMUNICATION · Pre-press and pre-media services · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Gent · since 2007
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General cleaning of buildings · Koksijde · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Elsene · since 2007
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2008
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Eghezée · since 2014
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2019
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Steenokkerzeel · since 2019
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Herentals · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Congrès International des Réseaux Electriques de Distribution · Brussel · since 2021
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Name of AVM BELGIUM · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Affligem · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · Pelt · since 2024
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Wholesale of other household goods · De Haan · since 1995
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Employment placement agencies · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Willebroek · since 2024
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Diksmuide · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2026
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Onhaye · since 2006