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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cultural education · Aalst · since 2012
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Manufacture of other wood products · Pajottegem · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Gent · since 2020
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Production of cinema films · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of BELGIAN TATTOO · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Trooz · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DK EXPERT · Other construction installation · Ternat · since 2017
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Cultural education · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Anzegem · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Menen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · Messancy · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Brussel · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Other education · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ALPHA S · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wemmel · since 2008
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Elsene · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Waregem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · since 2026
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Other information service activities · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · Elsene · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 2014
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Lasne · since 2017
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Visual arts creation · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · Orp-Jauche · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Beernem · since 2025
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Computer programming · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Abbreviation of F&M Studio-Décoration et Gastronomie · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025