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Compared with the KBO register · free

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“LIGHT SWITCH”

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.

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Same or very similar names

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • LIGHT SWITCH same name
    General electrical installation work · Brugge · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
  • Light very similar
    Charleroi · since 2024
  • SWITCH very similar
    Abbreviation of SWITCH Créations et Réalisations Publicitaires · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1986
  • SWITCH very similar
    General electrical installation work · Roosdaal · since 1999
  • Switch very similar
    Name of an establishment of scwitch · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2016
  • S.W.I.T.C.H. very similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE POUR L'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LE TOURISME, LA CULTURE ET L'HORECA · Tourist information services · Namur · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2014
  • Switch very similar
    Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2012
  • SWITCH very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2007
  • LIGHT very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2016
  • LIGHTS UP similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Tournai · since 2017
  • LE SWITCH similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2023

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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