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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Gent · since 1994
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of EURO COMMON MARKET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Assenede · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Production of cinema films · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Photography, excluding press photography · Sambreville · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of C WHITE · Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1987
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Name of an establishment of CLASS-CONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1991
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Lausanne 1000 · since 1993
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Cultural education · Ukkel · since 1993
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1998
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Oud-Heverlee · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Namur · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · Malmedy · since 2015
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Other specialised design activities · since 1994
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2000
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Other printing · since 1994
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1984
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2007
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Deinze · since 2015
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Other printing · Liège · since 2008
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Vorst · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · Leuven · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Vilvoorde · since 1987
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Putte · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Oudergem · since 2009
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Interior design · Gent · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ciney · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2018
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Dental practice · Floreffe · since 2011
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Oupeye · since 2008