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.
“PUPIL”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Aalst · since 2004
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Lessines · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2022
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Namur · since 2017
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Brussel · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Promotion et Immobilière Robert Gatelier et Fils à Libramont · General construction of residential buildings · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1977
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Abbreviation of LE POLE IMAGE DE LIEGE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2006
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zulte · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Planet is The Limit · Liège · since 2026
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2026