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.
“Photec”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Edegem · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ERLIN · Joinery installation · Genk · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Brussel · since 1981
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Heusden-Zolder · since 1997
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt-Winge · since 2026
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Thimister-Clermont · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of THE HOUSE OF CHIQUE · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Durbuy · since 1998
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2005
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beringen · since 2016
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · Nazareth · since 1975