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.
“PROTOSON”
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 building architects · Oostkamp · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · since 1988
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Other software publishing · Nivelles · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · Liège · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Opwijk · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Hooglede · since 2008
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Mechelen · since 2016
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Mons · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Liège · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2011
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Project North · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DU TOURISME RURAL EN COMMUNAUTE FRANCAISE · Durbuy · since 1985