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.
“INFOCUS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bicycles · Deinze · since 2006
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Fredrikstad · since 2001
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Other tax advisory services · Edegem · since 2023
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Computer programming · Gent · since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2010
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Psychology services · since 2015
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Holsbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of International Food Company Establishment · Lugano · since 1990
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of L'Institut de Formation Complémentaire · Wavre · since 1998
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Abbreviation of INFOCOM ET ANIMATIONS · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1998
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Abbreviation of INFO POINT COM · Other information technology and computer services · Ferrières · since 2001
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Floreffe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of INFO-WERKGROEP TER BEKENDMAKING VAN SOCIALE EN CULTURELE PROJECECTEN · Genk · since 1992
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Wilsonville · since 1996
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Jette · since 2020
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Courcelles · since 2025
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Overijse · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · Bernissart · since 2016
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Computer programming · Gembloux · since 2009
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2007
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Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Curriculumvideo · since 1983
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Abbreviation of INFO CULINAIR BRAILLE · Nieuwpoort · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Institut d'Information de la Formation permanente · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of KIOSK · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Wommelgem · since 1997
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Photography, excluding press photography · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Eeklo · since 2001
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other sports activities · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1999
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Landscape service activities · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diest · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Creative Economical Environmental - FoCuS · Beauvechain · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2006
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · Temse · since 2025
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Vorst · since 2026
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Braine-le-Château · since 2008
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Gent · since 1992