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.
“SCREAM”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Westerlo · since 2001
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Turnhout · since 2023
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Sound recording · Brussel · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudergem · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Walcourt · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Zuienkerke · since 1994
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Other printing · Evergem · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Tienen · since 2020
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Other education · Bierbeek · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2023
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Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zaventem · since 1994
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Demolition · Ninove · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ZIRBI SCIPIO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maaseik · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2013
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Zwalm · since 2013
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Vilvoorde · since 1976