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.
“IF AS STUDIOS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oudergem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Financiële lease · Brecht · since 1990
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Compositie van muziek · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Centre Indigo · Youth work associations · La Louvière · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of VZW TEN ANKER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Waregem · since 1974
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Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ukkel · since 2019
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ninove · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of WORKIN'PROCESS · Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2017