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.
“PARALLEL STUDIO”
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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Photography, excluding press photography · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2005
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Merchtem · since 1988
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1990
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Virton · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Grimbergen · since 1975
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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La Hulpe · since 1998
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Retail sale of household furniture · Visé · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1994
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Computer programming · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Flémalle · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Tournai · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lier · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Tournai · since 1996