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.
“KATALUS”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2004
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Hasselt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Other personal services · Leuven · since 2013
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Other photographic activities · Gent · since 2017
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2011
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Marche-en-Famenne · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2025
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Computer programming · Huldenberg · since 1998
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Edegem · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mons · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tielt · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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's-Hertogenbosch · since 1971
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geraardsbergen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Chastre · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018