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.
“LIGHT FACTORY”
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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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Hasselt · since 1999
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Manage · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eghezée · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2018
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Paris · since 1998
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Employment placement agencies · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Elsene · since 1975
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Freight transport by road · Oudergem · since 2000
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General electrical installation work
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Abbreviation of Internet of Things Factory · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2013
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 1986
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2022
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · Lier · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SportConcept · Fitness centres · Aarschot · since 2006