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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Stichting Ter Stimulatie der Muziekproduktie · Gent · since 1969
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Boom · since 2012
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ASAERT · Translation services · Turnhout · since 1998
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1990
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Mol · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Deerlijk · since 1995
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2009
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of STING/FRANS BLEUZÉ · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Harelbeke · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2011
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Zwevegem · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Event catering · Aalst · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Elsene · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2016
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since 2019
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Employment placement agencies · Tervuren · since 2022
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Other information service activities · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bocholt · since 2012
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Moorslede · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen-Antwerpen) · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Zorggroep Zusters van Berlaar · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Berlaar · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of DOKTER YVES FORTEMS · Specialist medical practice · Schilde · since 2000
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Activities of religious organisations · Turnhout · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of DOKTER ANNEMIE RUTTEN , MEDISCHE ONCOLOGIE · Specialist medical practice · Kampenhout · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of DR. FLORENCE SLAP · Specialist medical practice · Aartselaar · since 2010