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.
“PLAYO”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of Play Media · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Vilvoorde · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudergem · since 2002
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Brussel · since 2004
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kraainem · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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ST LO · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Honnelles · since 2010
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Ukkel · since 1995
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Boutersem · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2022
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Leuven · since 2009
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1983
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2025
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Waregem · since 2026
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Verviers · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1993