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.
“MAGELLAN”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of GELEIMMO · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Chaudfontaine · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of GEENEN F · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Chaudfontaine · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of LAKollection · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ans · since 2016
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heronymivska · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Alken · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Grez-Doiceau · since 2012
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Computer programming · La Louvière · since 2026
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Wholesale of machine tools · Overijse · since 2025
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Ramillies · since 2018
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Retail sale of bicycles · Ukkel · since 2002
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Production of cinema films · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Gent · since 2012
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Vakantieparken · Namur · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Vorst · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Centre Scolaire Dominique Pire · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Brussel · since 1996
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Namur · since 2000
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Other education · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2021
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Arlon · since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Elsene · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Alken · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Morlanwelz · since 1980
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Abbreviation of MARINE GEOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1996
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2004
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Removal services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Charleroi · since 2019
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Other legal services · Kortrijk · since 2013