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.
“LIFEMEDIA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Ath · since 2008
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Beersel · since 1982
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schelle · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Lifestyle as Medicine · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of FONDATION LAGARDÈRE-DOCTEUR DAVID BOUILLON-PROCTECTION DE LA PERSONNE ÂGÉE · Mons · since 2022
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Media representation · Lede · since 1982
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EUREGIO MEDIA · Cafés and bars · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1982
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Chièvres · since 1993
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Specialist medical practice · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Oudergem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of LIVING IN FUNKY ENVIRONMENTS · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 1989
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Kalmthout · since 1989
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Zulte · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
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Elsene · since 2014
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Other software publishing · Anderlecht · since 2018