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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hoegaarden · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Assesse · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2005
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aywaille · since 1990
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Detailhandel in fotografische en optische artikelen en in precisieinstrumenten, muv corrigerende brillen, lenzen en zonnebrillen · Ciney · since 1991
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Zaventem · since 1995
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Tienen · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · Mechelen · since 2015
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Tournai · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Veterinary services · Genk · since 2020
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1997
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1988
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of FF.COM · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oreye · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of LINK'D UP · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Schoten · since 2003
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2006
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Interior design · Dison · since 2026
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Ronald DERSIN · Advertising agencies · Frameries · since 1990
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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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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Other specialised design activities · since 1994
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Retail sale of other household articles · Beerse · since 2017
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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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Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2000
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Activities of notaries · Florennes · since 2022
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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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Sports and recreation education · Ukkel · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Deerlijk · since 2004
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Keerbergen · since 2024
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Quévy · since 2024
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Abbreviation of IMAGINATIVE COMPUTING SERVICES · Asse · since 1983
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Abbreviation of LAZER · Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2001