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.
“PORTHOUSE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Blankenberge · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SportHouse Group · Geluidsopnamestudio's · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Dental practice · Kapellen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1988
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2012
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Computer programming · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Haacht · since 1988
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BO AND BOWL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Dilbeek · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1995
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wavre · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 2022
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Brugge · since 2006
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · Tubize · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of FLOES · Other information technology and computer services · Leuven · since 2011
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of LAMMY · Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of TRINACRIA CONSULTING · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Soumagne · since 2008