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.
“Label Emotion”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Jalhay · since 2014
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Fitness centres · Sankt Vith · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Dansschool eMOTION · Advertising agencies · Aalst · since 2013
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1998
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Ganshoren · since 2006
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Latijnsamerikaans Belgische Vereniging - Association belge de Latinoaméricanistes · Brugge · since 1995
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Fosses-la-Ville · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Elsene · since 2020
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2020
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Abbreviation of LIGUE POUR L'ABOLITION DES LOIS RÉPRIMENT LE BLASPHÈME ET LE DROIT DE S'EXPRIMER LIBREMENT · Brussel · since 2009
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · Zwevegem · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Oudergem · since 2006
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Bromley · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2007
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2008
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Esneux · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
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Rixensart · since 1988