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.
“MASTER AND CO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Wavre · since 1988
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2014
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2003
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ternat · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Luxemburg · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Site preparation · Gent · since 2020
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Other postal and courier activities · Evere · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 2013
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1992
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Merchtem · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GD INVEST · Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Ittre · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2013