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.
“Major Things”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Bornem · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Faimes · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Genk · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2005
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Abbreviation of THINGS framework · Other software publishing · Braine-le-Comte · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Waterloo · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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's-Gravenhage · since 2014
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Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1973
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Wijnegem · since 1986
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Rijkevorsel · since 1992
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Other tax advisory services · Brugge · since 1994
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Brakel · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2017
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Lille · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Keerbergen · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kontich · since 2023
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2004
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Anzegem · since 2006
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Other business support services · Affligem · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Ichtegem · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012