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.
“SPOCS”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tubize · since 2000
-
Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2001
-
Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2003
-
Edegem · since 2025
-
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
-
Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1990
-
Abbreviation of Spots Unlimited · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Vilvoorde · since 1999
-
Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
-
Elsene · since 1995
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Sports et Philanthropie Organisation et Controle · Brussel · since 1938
-
Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Etterbeek · since 1982
-
Media representation · Zwevegem · since 1998
-
Abbreviation of SMART PEOPLE ONLY · Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 1998
-
Abbreviation of SPO CONSEIL · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
-
Abbreviation of SPORT CULTURE LOISIRS · Operation of sports facilities · Ath · since 1976
-
Abbreviation of SPORT COMITE WASE GOLF · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2018