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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Kamerkoor Pro Musica Geraardsbergen v.z.w. · Geraardsbergen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Pro Musica Tielt · Cultural education · Tielt · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1994
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2005
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brussel · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2006
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Lier · since 2014
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Cultural education · Jurbise · since 2024
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION MUSICALE EN BRABANT WALLON · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2000
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Jeugdmuziekatelier Pro Musica · Halle · since 2014
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1999
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Brussel · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wemmel · since 2005
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
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Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of CHAPTER SEVEN · Computer programming · Ninove · since 2011
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2022
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Socio-cultural adult education · Pelt · since 1978
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Abbreviation of MUSICA GOGO HÉ ! · Limbourg · since 2009
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oupeye · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · Destelbergen · since 1991
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since 1984
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DE L'OPTIQUE, PHOTONIQUE, LASER · Liège · since 1986
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Other sports activities · Anderlues · since 1988
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Ninove · since 1998
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Real estate agency activities · Lochristi · since 2006
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geel · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Ukkel · since 1979
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 1978
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2022