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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Evere · since 2003
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Evere · since 2003
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES COMMERCANTS DU CENTRE COMMERCIAL ET DE LOISIRS MEDIACITE · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Liège · since 2009
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Thimister-Clermont · since 1997
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gent · since 1997
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Floreffe · since 2003
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Operation of sports facilities · Andenne · since 2018
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Other business support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
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General medical practice · Temse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Internet Media and Cultural Association · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Zaventem · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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News agency activities · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
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Anderlecht · since 1985