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.
“POMPON”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1984
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Photography, excluding press photography · Ukkel · since 2016
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 1990
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Vorst · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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PARIS · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · Liège · since 2011
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2013
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Five Twenty Eight · Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2022
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Waimes · since 2016
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Kapellen · since 1997
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Literary creation · since 2013
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Brecht · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Ledegem · since 2018
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Other educational support services · Boechout · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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since 2018
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Marche-en-Famenne · since 1989