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 Up”
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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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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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Elsene · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Tournai · since 2017
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2024
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brugge · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Leuven · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 1991
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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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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Abbreviation of LIGHT PROFESSIONAL VZW · Socio-cultural adult education · Asse · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · Temse · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2025