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.
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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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Website-Hosting · Web portal activities · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2018
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Buggenhout · since 2013
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Brussel · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Grez-Doiceau · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Jabbeke · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1996
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Peer · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Sombreffe · since 2009
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Vocational training · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Retail sale of bicycles · Berlare · since 1996
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Other specialised design activities · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of A.design Creations · Activities of interior architects · Waregem · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · Faimes · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Malle · since 2025
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024