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.
“LACE GALLERY”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brugge · since 1992
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Brussel · since 1994
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Brussel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1988
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Retail sale of antiques · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MODERNIST GALLERIES · Retail sale of antiques · Hove · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Gallery Phase · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of CH Real Estate · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ukkel · since 2025
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Brussel · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brussel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brussel · since 1921
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Retail sale of antiques · Waasmunster · since 2002