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.
“MUZART”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2002
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Leuven · since 2007
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Héron · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 1983
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Personenvervoer over binnenwateren · Temse · since 1996
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of RIBS & BRUGGE · Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of RIBS & AALST · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of RIBS & BRUSSEL · Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of MuZo · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2006
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Anderlecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cultural education · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van personeel, leerlingen, oud-leerlingen, en sympathisanten van de Stedelijke Academie voor Podiumkunsten te Aalst · Aalst · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Musicarezza · Aartselaar · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Cultural education · Kontich · since 2017
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Balen · since 1997
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1995
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Retail sale of other household articles · La Hulpe · since 2011
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Lanaken · since 2004