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.
“SOUNDSTATION”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Esneux · since 1996
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Beringen · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Mol · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Translation services · Keerbergen · since 1987
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Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1992
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 1995
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Virton · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of OXONOMIA · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Other education · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Literary creation · Brussel · since 2008
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lasne · since 1992
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Liège · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of GORKHA'S · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Elsene · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Liège · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Liège · since 2024
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Lochristi · since 1994