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.
“POWERTONE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bonheiden · since 1990
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1988
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SCHIPHOL · since 2003
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Sports and recreation education · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Petrol Publishing · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Bonheiden · since 2013
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Name of V.S.M.L. · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of VD-Academy · Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Zaventem · since 2002
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Wuustwezel · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Ans · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2007
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Employment placement agencies · since 2015
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Handel in elektriciteit · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of OG EMLAK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 2018
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Abbreviation of POWERSIX · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Bocholt · since 2023
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Bertem · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Rixensart · since 1985