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.
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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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Photography, excluding press photography · Tournai · since 2017
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Vocational training · Faimes · since 1993
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Employment placement agencies · Ukkel · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Other business support services · Ittre · since 2012
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Wellen · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2024
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Operation of fairground attractions · Genk · since 1994
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Elsene · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2011
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Ichtegem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Ukkel · since 2007
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Other legal services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 1991
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2006
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gavere · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Brugge · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017