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.
“Mus_AR”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Visual arts creation · Brussel · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Bredene · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Charleroi · since 2015
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Brakel · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Activities of interior architects · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Boom · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Kortrijk · since 2011
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since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2009
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cultural education · Genk · since 1991
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Elsene · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2021
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Zele · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · Enghien · since 1998
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Anderlecht · since 2002
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Other education · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2020
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Perwez · since 2016
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Alken · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other information service activities · since 2012
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Wemmel · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025