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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Edegem · since 2004
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other sports activities · since 2026
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News agency activities · since 2007
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Joinery installation · since 1988
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Employment placement agencies · since 2017
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New Castle County · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Duffel · since 1999
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Ranst · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Laakdal · since 2000
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2015
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Media representation · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2024
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Oosterzele · since 1982
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Production of cinema films · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2025
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since 1977
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · Geel · since 2019
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Other education · since 2020
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Visual arts creation · since 2022
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Productie van televisiefilms · Willebroek · since 2008
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Other education · since 2003
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2004
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · De Haan · since 2004
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Brussel · since 2024
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Geel · since 1991
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Literary creation · Pajottegem · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2014
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Sound recording · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 2015
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Aalst · since 2017
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hasselt · since 2023
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Assenede · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011