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 CHIPS”
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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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Aalst · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Pajottegem · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ALGORITHMES · Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of EXCLUSIEF INVEST · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hasselt · since 1982
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1995
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Other construction installation · since 2018
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NIHAO 168 · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Oosterzele · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2014
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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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Abbreviation of LES MAÏTRES CUISINIERS DE BELGIQUE-DE MEESTERKOKS VAN BELGIË-THE MASTERCOOKS OF BELGIUM · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Evere · since 1980
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Activities of head offices · Temse · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Other legal services · Zulte · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Hasselt · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beerse · since 2008
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hensies · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Genappe · since 2025
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2025
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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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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