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.
“OLANGE”
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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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Tielt · since 2001
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Eghezée · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Bekkevoort · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Nivelles · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Ganshoren · since 2018
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of interior architects · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · La Hulpe · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Moorslede · since 2017
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Interior design · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2015
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since 1969
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since 2001
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Mixed farming · since 1985
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since 2018
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since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2020
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since 1975
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since 1981
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since 1973
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Activities of interior architects · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025