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.
“PEEP”
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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Media representation · Brussel · since 1998
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2021
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Participations Edition Presse et Cie · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Paris · since 1981
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Namur · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Patrimoines en Péril · Florenville · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Phil Eggen Projects · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Wit-Gele Kruis van Limburg · Nursing and midwifery · Genk · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Solidaris, socialistische mutualiteit van de provincie Limburg · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Hasselt · since 1924
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Association des Professionnels des Etudes Energétiques des Bâtiments · Namur · since 2018
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Site preparation · Bree · since 2021
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Dental practice · Hasselt · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of LE PETIT EMPIRE PRODUCTION · Photography, excluding press photography · Tournai · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DE MEUTTER PAUL ELEKTRICITEIT · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988