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.
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Héron · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2002
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Abbreviation of vzw MuzArt · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2019
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Insulation installation · since 2019
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Other information service activities · Huldenberg · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · Brussel · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Avelgem · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Lommel · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van personeel, leerlingen, oud-leerlingen, en sympathisanten van de Stedelijke Academie voor Podiumkunsten te Aalst · Aalst · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Musicarezza · Aartselaar · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Leuven · since 2007
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Cultural education · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Cultural education · Kontich · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · Ranst · since 2012
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Manufacture of beer · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2022
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since 2017
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Anzegem · since 2012
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2006
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Inland freight water transport · Stekene · since 2018