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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Name of an establishment of H. MAD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2001
-
Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Antwerpen · since 2002
-
Antwerpen · since 2007
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
-
Charleroi · since 2009
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2005
-
Advertising agencies · since 2024
-
Advertising agencies · La Louvière · since 2026
-
Inland freight water transport · since 2022
-
Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2010
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gavere · since 2023
-
Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Etterbeek · since 1987
-
Abbreviation of LUMEDIA BELGIUM · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Zaventem · since 2001
-
Visual arts creation · since 2013
-
Literary creation · Herent · since 2013
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
-
Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Liège · since 2019
-
Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2009
-
Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Grimbergen · since 2024
-
Web portal activities · since 2024
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
-
Other amusement and recreation activities · Gent · since 2023
-
Brussel · since 1981
-
Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
-
News agency activities · since 2017
-
On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
-
Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
-
Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
-
Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
-
Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
-
Anderlecht · since 1985