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.
“LIGO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Tremelo · since 1994
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ligo , Centra voor Basiseducatie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2004
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Abbreviation of LIEVENS INVEST GROUP · Other information service activities · Brugge · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2017
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Development of non-residential building projects · Ieper · since 2021
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Wholesale of other food products · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Lessines · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boussu · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Herzele · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Ittre · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Izegem · since 2016
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Limaxx Gardens · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lanaken · since 2004
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Other financial services · Gent · since 2025
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2009
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sombreffe · since 2009
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Gerpinnes · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2001