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.
“Punch”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of PUNCH INTERNATIONAL · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · Yvoir · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · Kraainem · since 1997
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2003
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Other sports activities · Eghezée · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of IEP INVEST · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Employment placement agencies · Wanze · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of FINITECH · Other specialised construction activities · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Jeanne Boden · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Ciney · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Cafés and bars · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Hamont-Achel · since 1997
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Brussel · since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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Wisches · since 2014
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Abbreviation · Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2019
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Rixensart · since 1993
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De Pinte · since 2007
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Staden · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2024
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Literary creation · Aalst · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Lichtervelde · since 2021
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Bertrix · since 2009
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Punctum Hainaut · Charleroi · since 2023
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Computer programming · Lokeren · since 2026
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since 2026