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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Uitgeven van kranten · Brussel · since 1926
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2009
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Other tax advisory services · since 2019
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Seneffe · since 1991
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Other printing · since 1996
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1991
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of GLOBAL STREET ART BELGIUM · Media representation · Brussel · since 1999
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Brussel · since 1981
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Londerzeel · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2015
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Sound recording · since 2015
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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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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Zonhoven · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · Torhout · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2006
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Vorst · since 1985
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Abbreviation of MEDIAN MARKETING MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Villers-la-Ville · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Hoogstraten · since 1991
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Other legal services · Gent · since 1993
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Weiswampach 9991 · since 1997
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Insurance agents and brokers · Vilvoorde · since 2002
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Westerlo · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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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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Agents and brokers in banking services · Hannut · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Hove · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Media Music · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Ukkel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Real Universe · Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
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ecublens · since 2006
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General medical practice · Waterloo · since 2007
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Hasselt · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Lubbeek · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of MEDIA - GO · Book publishing · Kalmthout · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Riemst · since 1993
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Cerfontaine · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · News agency activities · Leuven · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2003
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Mol · since 2013
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Other business support services · Roosdaal · since 2013
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Liège · since 2019
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General medical practice · Tubize · since 2021
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Ukkel · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Computer programming · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wijnegem · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 1985
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Evere · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Media Art · Visual arts creation · Ukkel · since 2014