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.
“Ink Master”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Tattoo and piercing services · Eghezée · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2013
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Laarne · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2019
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zemst · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE STERILISATION FRANCOPHONE · Assesse · since 1987
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Logging · Putte · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Astérides · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Access to Sustainability for Tenants through Energy Effective Retrofit · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Gedinne · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2026