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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PUBLISTER”

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.

  • PUBLISTER same name
    Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 2004
  • Publistep very similar
    Name of an establishment of HERMANS MANAGEMENT · Media representation · Lommel · since 2007
  • Publi Steve very similar
    Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2026
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Advertising agencies · since 1987
  • Advertising agencies · since 1986
  • Activities of head offices · Tremelo · since 2011
  • PUBLI CENTER similar
    Weert · since 1997
  • Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · since 2000
  • PUBLI-CENTER similar
    Name of an establishment of CEUNIS LUC - DE CONINCK VERA · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Dilbeek · since 2001
  • Punchlister similar
    Computer programming · Lokeren · since 2026
  • PUBLI SOR similar
    Advertising agencies · Maaseik · since 2002
  • Advertising agencies · since 1987
  • Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1998
  • Uitgeven van tijdschriften · since 1994
  • Advertising agencies · since 2000
  • PUBLI C.V. similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
  • Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1980
  • Pubmaster similar
    Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • Publisven similar
    Other printing · Dendermonde · since 2002
  • PUBLISIMO similar
    Advertising agencies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2010
  • PUBLISIZE similar
    Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2012
  • Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2024
  • PUBLIA similar
    Advertising agencies · Geel · since 1989
  • PUBLI M similar
    Advertising agencies · Rumst · since 1990
  • PUBLI-K similar
    Other printing · Brugge · since 2000
  • PUBLI-T similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2001
  • publiq similar
    Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
  • Publio similar
    Name of an establishment of THE PUBLICITY NETWORK · Drukken van dagbladen · Wijnegem · since 2002
  • PUBLI X similar
    Name of an establishment of W&W COMPANY · Painting of buildings · Vleteren · since 2015
  • PUBLIQ similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lessines · since 2016
  • Advertising agencies
  • Publi P similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2021
  • PUBLIK similar
    Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
  • Advertising agencies · Lievegem · since 2005
  • Publisodec similar
    Abbreviation of Société internationale d'Edition et de Publicité · Brussel · since 1963
  • Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Herselt · since 1976
  • Advertising agencies · Evere · since 1990
  • Ukkel · since 1991
  • PUBLISOLAR similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007

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