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.
“Move4Change”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Temse · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2001
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Change-Credal Social Innovation Fund · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of KAIZEN IMMO · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Incourt · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of CHANGE THE WORD · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Herent · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CHANGE 3600 · Genk · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Nivelles · since 1990
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Event catering · Aalst · since 1993
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Mortsel · since 1993
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1997
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Other sports activities · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Brugge · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Movement · Sports and recreation education · Oostende · since 2018
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Liège · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Physiotherapy · Bütgenbach · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Eupen · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Wetteren · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · General construction of other non-residential buildings · Schilde · since 2012