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.
“MICROSOFT”
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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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herzele · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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 Unilight · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Gent · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of MICROCITY · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Computer programming · Izegem · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Oudergem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of ACROPOLIS SOFTWARE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2007
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Mechelen · since 1989
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Machining of metals · Herstal · since 2000
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Computer programming · since 1994
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Specialist medical practice · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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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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Name of CNM Exploitatie België · 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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Name of an establishment of LICHT & VERF · General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Trooz · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Lasne · since 1992
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Other financial services · Brussel · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2019
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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
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Wholesale of other household goods · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1981