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.
“Papercuts”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Merchtem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Herentals · since 2001
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Other tax advisory services · since 2009
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Londerzeel · since 2016
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Gunsan-si, Jochon-dong · since 1953
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Lasne · since 2003
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Abbreviation of PATRIMOINE ARTISTIQUE,PEDAGOGIQUE,EDUCATIF · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
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Abbreviation of PARRAINAGE PERSONNALISE · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Poperinge · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Kyjava · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Lichtervelde · since 2010
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Liège · since 1984