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.
“Media”
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
37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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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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Anderlecht · since 1985
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Houyet · since 1990
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News agency activities · Leuven · since 1999
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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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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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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Web portal activities · since 2020
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Computer programming · Herent · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2009
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2009
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Ath · since 2005
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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
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Perwez · since 1988
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Book publishing · Kalmthout · since 1990
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ukkel · since 1998
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Pelt · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2003
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Liège · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Beernem · since 2023
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Herselt · since 2023
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Zoersel · since 2011
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Braine-le-Château · since 2003
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Ranst · since 2004
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Roubaix · since 2006
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General medical practice · Enghien · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Middelkerke · since 2007
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Web portal activities · since 2008
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2026
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 1988
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016