Skip to content

Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“SCRATCH Emoi”

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.

Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SCRATCH Emoi same name
    Wavre · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · since 1979
  • Sole trader very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
  • Scratch very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
  • Scratch very similar
    Abbreviation of dansclub Scratch ! vzw · Cultural education · Hoegaarden · since 2005
  • SCRATCH very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2023
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2018
  • SCRA similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE DE RELATIONS ET D'AFFAIRES · Oudergem · since 1988

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

Next steps