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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Vilvoorde · since 1987
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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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Other printing · Liège · since 2008
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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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Apeldoorn · since 2013
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Oudergem · since 2009
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Office administrative and support services · Mortsel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1988
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
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Other printing · Tournai · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hélécine · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2002
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 2021
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Activities of notaries · Florennes · since 2022
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Brussel · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · Orp-Jauche · since 2005
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Photography, excluding press photography · Vorst · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 1996
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Hoeilaart · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Assesse · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of L'EQUIPE · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Anderlecht · since 1963
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since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hulshout · since 1999
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Literary creation · Gent · since 2002
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Groothandel in fietsen · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1989
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Production of cinema films · Namur · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · La Louvière · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Imago By PSK · Hairdressing and barber services · Mol · since 2023
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Other printing · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Assesse · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Nijlen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Thimister-Clermont · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Staden · since 2012
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Abbreviation of LAZER · Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2001
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Fleurus · since 1994