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.
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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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Schelle · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1991
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Hasselt · since 2017
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Name of ILEX 10 · Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2010
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Destelbergen · since 1993
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Putte · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1976
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Vosselaar · since 2021
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Computer programming · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2017
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Schoten · since 2007