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.
“MoHow!”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2011
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Molshoop · Mol · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Marine Olie Handelmij BV · Rotterdam · since 1975
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Painting of buildings · Roeselare · since 2002
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Wommelgem · since 2023