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.
“PLATANO”
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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Activities of independent sportspeople · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Denderleeuw · since 2002
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1980
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Activities of building architects · since 2006
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Dilbeek · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Liège · since 2023
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since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 1988
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Tienen · since 1991
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Other retail sale of food · since 1989
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Book publishing · since 2020
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Brussel · since 2024
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Brasschaat · since 1977