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.
“PUBLILEC”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Handel in elektriciteit · Seraing · since 1978
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Ganshoren · since 1979
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Oudsbergen · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Lokeren · since 1976
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Ardooie · since 1982
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Rixensart · since 1989
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Geel · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Rumst · since 1990
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Other printing · Brugge · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2001
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of THE PUBLICITY NETWORK · Drukken van dagbladen · Wijnegem · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of W&W COMPANY · Painting of buildings · Vleteren · since 2015
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lessines · since 2016
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Advertising agencies
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société internationale d'Edition et de Publicité · Brussel · since 1963
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Enghien · since 2005
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Dessel · since 1984
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Advertising agencies · Mol · since 2001
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Bassenge · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Publike Radio · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudergem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of PERLE DE SIAM · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2003
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Other printing · Zwevegem · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Abbreviation of publieq advocaten · Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beernem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PUBLI MOBILE LTD · Advertising agencies · DONCASTER · since 2006