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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PHOTOBILLY”

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.

  • PHOTOBILLY same name
    Other personal services · Deinze · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PHOTOBIZZ similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Oostrozebeke · since 2001
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
  • photobox sas similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · sartrouville · since 2009
  • PhotoBarn similar
    Trade name of Vanhullebus – Gailliaert · Construction of roads and motorways · Beernem · since 2018
  • BILLY similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2013
  • BILLY similar
    Name of an establishment of BILLY.TECH · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Chaudfontaine · since 2013
  • Billy similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2020
  • BILLY similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
  • BILLY similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2014

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