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.
“Illusions”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1989
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Computer programming · Geraardsbergen · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2013
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Production of cinema films · Mons · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Toneelkring Illusio Helchteren · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2017
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Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2013
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Kontich · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of La petite opticienne · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Nandrin · since 2017
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Elsene · since 1995
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Houyet · since 2004
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Trade name of F&F Belgium · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ronse · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1989
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Other photographic activities · since 2020
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Finishing of textiles · Tintigny · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Lubbeek · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ETR ANTWERPEN · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Brussel · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2022
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1998