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.
“SHOTS”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Hasselt · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Lille · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Other photographic activities · since 2026
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Beneden-Leeuwen · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Anzegem · since 1990
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Liège · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Spots Unlimited · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Vilvoorde · since 1999
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beringen · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt-Winge · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2022
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Wichelen · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · Stabroek · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Meise · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · since 2014
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Productie van televisiefilms · Mortsel · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1999
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018