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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Unilight · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Gent · since 2021
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Mechelen · since 1989
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Computer programming · since 2026
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of A++ INFORMATIQUE · Computer programming · Waterloo · since 1986
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MICROCITY · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Oudergem · since 2003
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Izegem · since 1980
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Mouscron · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1991
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Micro-B Belgium · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Peer · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Kraainem · since 2004
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Physiotherapy · Trooz · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1996
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Other financial services · Brussel · since 2010
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1984
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since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Etterbeek · since 1990
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Zoersel · since 2003
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Computer programming · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2022
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Teelt van specerijgewassen en van aromatische en medicinale gewassen · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Anthisnes · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gesves · since 1992
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since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · Lessines · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Evere · since 1979
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Liège · since 1987