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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Wommelgem · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Wemmel · since 2004
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2012
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Gent · since 2014
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2016
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Inland freight water transport · since 1996
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Painting of buildings · Boutersem · since 2018
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since 2021
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since 2018
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Other printing · Wetteren · since 2022
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Mariene aquacultuur · since 2025
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Baggerwerken · since 2008
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since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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since 2020
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2026