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.
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other photographic activities · Gent · since 2016
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of PEXA CONCEPT · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Orp-Jauche · since 2024
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of HWNV · Cafés and bars · Pelt · since 2011
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cultural education · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
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since 1987
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1981
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Other education · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · since 2016
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Other retail sale of food · since 2018
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · Schoten · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Fitness centres · Arlon · since 2025
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Herk-de-Stad · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Schelle · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Production of cinema films · Bree · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2021
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2021
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Tienen · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of G.L.B. - S.P.R.L. · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brussel · since 1974
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ninove · since 1985
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Liège · since 1996
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2019