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.
“Lucent”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Schilde · since 2026
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9PG (UNITED KINGDOM) · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Bastogne · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ranst · since 2022
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Drukken van dagbladen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2005
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Strength Care · Sports and recreation education · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Genk · since 2026
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Jabbeke · since 2014
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since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Willebroek · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Gent · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Dessel · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Wavre · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Kontich · since 2024
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Other membership organisations · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2011